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Originally posted by cthulu23
........... The White House was so dissatisfied with CIA info that they ran their own intelligence apparatus. They may not have "lied" about the state of affairs, but they did carefully select the info that most closely followed their preconceived notions. This was the intelligence that they then used to justify the war.
How was the congress supposed to "differenciate" (no c, btw) between the good intelligence and the bad? They trusted the executive.
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There is absolutely no proof the Bush administration ran their own intelligence agency. If there is please post a viable news source or a link. Both Kerry and Edwards had security clearances{as do all Senators} to see all the intelligence gathered by the CIA, M6 etc. the exact same intelligence seen by the President. The 9/11 commision, which is bipartisan btw, cleared the Bush Administration of these charges. Mr. Clinton also received the same intelligence that Mr. Bush received and believed there was WMD's in Iraq at that time. Both Republicans and Democrats voted to get us into this war. Now the going is tough the Democrats want to stand back and point fingers.
If you want to argue that Mr. Bush is ultimately responsible because he's the Commander-in-Chief that's one thing, but at least stick to the facts. I will buy the argument Mr. Bush is ultimately responsible for the screwups of the FBI and CIA because he's the President