Bush (DODO*) CIA Nominee: Condi & Cheney Pre-War Statements On WMD Were BS


The New York Times > Washington > Nominee Says Iraq Threat Was Perhaps Overstated: "Representative Porter J. Goss, the nominee to become director of central intelligence, said on Monday that some prewar statements by senior Bush administration officials might well have overstated available intelligence about the threat posed by Iraq."

Under sharp questioning from a Senate Democrat, Mr. Goss, a Republican from Florida, said he agreed that statements by Vice President Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice that linked Iraq to the Sept. 11 attacks; to Al Qaeda; and to an active nuclear weapons program appeared to have gone beyond what was spelled out in intelligence reports at the time.

*DODO: Doesn't Obey Direct Orders