Prewar intelligence

Prewar intelligence refers to the misrepresentation of intelligence by the Bush administration to make the case to go to war with during the run up to the war.

External links

2002

• Paul Reynolds, "US Builds its Case Against Saddam," BBC (Global Policy), March 20, 2002.
• John McMurty, "'What Did Bush Know?' Reply to ZNet Commentary of May 22, 2002," ZMag, June 8, 2002.
• Neil Mackay, "Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11," CBS News, September 4, 2002.
• "Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President," Sunday Herald, September 15, 2002.
• Michael E. O'Hanlon, "Rumsfeld's Exaggerations: On the Saddam/Al-Qaeda Link," Brookings Institution, October 2, 2002.
• "'President' Beats the Drum of War Without Any Sticks," The Left Hook, October 9, 2002.

2003

• William Broad "Some Analysts of Iraq Trailers Reject Germ Use" New York Times, Jan. 7, 2003.

2004

• Chris Mooney, "Did Our Leading Newspapers Set Too Low a Bar for a Preemptive Attack?" Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2004.
• Warren Strobel, Jonathan S. Landay, and John Walcott, "Doubts cast on efforts to link Saddam, al-Qaida," Knight Ridder Newspapers, March 2, 2004.
• "Condoleezza Rice's Credibility Gap. A point-by-point analysis of how one of America's top national security officials has a severe problem with the truth," Center for American Progress, March 26, 2004.
• "New evidence of Saddam link to 9-11. Czech records indicate Atta meeting with Iraqi official in Prague," WorldNetDaily, May 7, 2004.
• Laurie Mylroie, "The Saddam-9/11 Link Confirmed," FrontPage Magazine, May 11, 2004; also posted by Free Republic.
• "Saddam's Files. New evidence of a link between Iraq and al Qaeda," WSJ Opinion Journal, May 27, 2004.
• "9/11 panel sees no link between Iraq, al-Qaida. Commission opens final hearing before release of report," MSNBC, June 16, 2004.
• "9-11 Commission," PBS Online NewsHour, June 16, 2004.
• Don Gonyea, "Bush Maintains Saddam, Al Qaeda Links," NPR, June 17, 2004.
• Eric Alterman, "Think Again: No Link? Who Knew?," Center for American Progress, June 17, 2004.
• Eric Alterman, "Think Again: No Link? Who Knew?," Center for American Progress, June 17, 2004.
• Center for American Progress, "Administration Misled Country On Iraq-al Qaeda Connection," June 17, 2004.
• Raymond McGovern, "Consequential Lies," Tom Paine, June 17, 2004.
• "The Plain Truth," New York Times Editorial, June 17, 2004.
• "Bush has misled Americans on Iraq," Financial Times, June 18, 2004.
• "Stop deceit on 9/11 ties. Cheney misleads when he suggests Iraq is linked to al-Qaida attack," Newsday, June 18, 2004.
• "George Bush's Big Lie Grows Bigger," Thousand Reasons, June 18, 2004.
• Center for American Progress, "White House Caught in Web of Deceptions," June 18, 2004.
• "Show Us the Proof," New York Times Editorial, June 19, 2004.
• Philip Shenon and Richard W. Stevenson, "Leaders of 9/11 Panel Ask Cheney for Reports," New York Times, June 19, 2004: "The leaders of the Sept. 11 commission called on Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday to turn over any intelligence reports that would support the White House's insistence that there was a close relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda."
• Bill Berkowitz, "War on what? Despite admitting to having no 'coherent approach,' Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld says U.S. is considering new fronts in the 'war against terrorism'," Working for Change, June 19, 2004.
• "Where's the proof? If Vice President Cheney has secret evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida, he has an obligation to share it with the 9/11 commission," St. Petersburg Times (FL) Op-Ed, June 22, 2004.
• E.J. Dionne, Jr., "9/11 Credibility Gap. Hussein's Ties to the Attacks? Show Us the Proof," Washington Post, June 22, 2004.
• David Barstow, William J. Broad and Jeff Gerth, "How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence," New York Times, October 3, 2004.

2005

• Murray S. Waas,"CIA Leak Prosecutor Focuses on Libby" National Journal, Oct. 18, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "Secret Service Records Prompted Key Miller Testimony," National Journal, October 20, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "Plame Game Over?" American Prospect, April 6,2005.
• Murray Waas, "The Meeting," The American Prospct (CBSnews.com), August 8, 2005, and via original article
• Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus, "Asterisks Dot White House's Iraq Argument," Washington Post, November 12, 2005.
• Frank Rich, "Dishonest, Reprehensible, Corrupt" New York Times, November 27, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information," National Journal, February 9, 2006.
• "Iraq PR Facts Pursued", O'Dwyer's PR Daily , February 17, 2006. (Sub req'd).
• Dan Froomkin, "A Compelling Story" Washington Post, March 31, 2006.
• Kit Roane, "Curveball" Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, 2007.
• Murray Waas,"Cheney,Libby Blocked Papers to Senate Intelligence Committee" National Journal, Oct. 27, 2005
• Murray Waas and Paul Singer, "Addington's Role in Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention," National Journal, Oct.30, 2005.
• Adam Entous, "CIA leak probe extended," Reuters, November 18, 2005.

• Murray Waas, "Key Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel," National Journal, November 30, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "Key Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel," National Journal, November 30, 2005.

2006

• Murray Waas, "Cheney Authorized Libby to Leak Classified Information," National Journal, February 9, 2006.
• "Exclusive Interview: Murray Waas on How Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information," Democracy Now!, February 10, 2006.
• "Cheney in the Crosshairs," On the Media, New York Public Radio, February 17, 2006.
• Murray Waas "Did the White House Authorize Leaks to Woodward?," Huffington Post, Feb. 24, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "What Bush Was Told About Iraq" National Journal, March 2, 2006. "Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush administration's use of prewar intelligence in making the case to go to war with Iraq, according to attorneys familiar with the matter, and to court records."
• Murray Waas, "What Bush Was Told About Iraq" National Journal, March 2, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "Insulating Bush," National Journal, March 30, 2006.
• Murray Waas "Is There a Double Standard on Leak Probes?" National Journal, April 25, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "Rove-Novak Call Was Concern to Leak Investigators," National Journal, May 25, 2006.
• Shane Harris and Murray Waas, "Justice Department Probe Foiled" National Journal, May 25, 2006
• Dan Froomkin, "A Compelling Story," White House Watch Blog/Washington Post, March 31, 2006.
• Jane Hamsher, "Murray Waas to Join Daily Kos Panel," Firedoglake Blog, May 17, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "What Ashcroft Was Told," National Journal, June 8, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "Bush Directed Cheney to Counter War Critic", National Journal, July 3, 2006.
• Ken Silverstein, "Six Senators to Negroponte: Produce a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq Now," Harper's Magazine, July 26, 2006.
• Ken Silverstein, "Followup: Senate Passes National Intelligence Estimate Amendment," Harper's Magazine, August 4, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "Insulating Bush," National Journal, March 30, 2006: "Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war had been challenged within the administration. Rove expressed his concerns shortly after an informal review of classified government records by then-Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley determined that Bush had been specifically advised that claims he later made in his 2003 State of the Union address -- that Iraq was procuring high-strength aluminum tubes to build a nuclear weapon -- might not be true, according to government records and interviews."
• Karen DeYoung, "Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight," Washington Post, September 24, 2006.
• "Intelligence Report Finds War Increasing Terrorist Threat," PBS Online NewsHour, September 25, 2006.
• "Bush to Declassify National Intelligence Estimate," NewsMax, September 26, 2006.
• Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, "Selective Intelligence. The National Intelligence Estimate doesn’t say what Bush says it does. How will he handle upcoming secret reports on Iran and Iraq?" Newsweek (MSNBC), October 18, 2006.

2007

• Murray Waas, "CIA Leak Probe: Inside the Grand Jury Room" National Journal, Jan. 12, 2007.
• Richard B. Schmitt, "Jury seated in trial of ex-Cheney aide. The 12 to hear evidence against 'Scooter' Libby include four who gave some criticism of Bush," Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2007.
• "CIA trial under way in Washington," BBC News, January 23, 2007.
• Stacy Schiff, "A Trial to Remember," Welcome to Pottersville Blogspot, January 23, 2007.
• Neil A. Lewis, "Libby a Scapegoat, His Lawyer Tells Jurors," New York Times, January 23, 2007.
• Joe Sudbay, "Roles of Cheney and Rove dominate opening arguments in Libby trial -- Scooter says Karl set him up," AMERICAblog, January 23, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Libby Update: Protecting Karl Rove?" TPMmuckraker, January 23, 2007.
• Jeff Lomonaco and Murray Waas, "The United States v. I. Lewis Libby," Union Square Press, Feb. 2, 2007.
• Jeff Lomonaco and Murray Waas, "The United States v. I. Lewis Libby," Union Square Press, Feb. 2, 2007.
• Murray Waas, *"Cheney's Call" National Journal, Feb. 15, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Libby Testimony Raises More Questions About Cheney Role," National Journal, Feb. 17, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Insulating Bush," National Journal, March 30, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "CIA Leak Probe: Inside the Grand Jury Room" National Journal, Jan. 12, 2007.
• Murray Waas,"Cheney's Call" National Journal, Feb. 15, 2007: "Late in the morning of July 12, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney stood atop a pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia awaiting the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, a ship 20 stories high that took eight years to construct. More than 15,000 people stood under clear skies to watch the pomp and ceremony. As she christened the carrier by breaking a bottle of champagne over its bow, Nancy Reagan told the crowd: "I only have one line. Man the ship and bring her alive."
• Murray Waas, "The Paradox That is Scooter Libby" The Huffington Post, Feb. 19, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Libby Testimony Raises More Questions About Cheney Role," National Journal, March 10, 2007.
• Murray Waas "Internal Affairs", National Journal, March 15, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "What Addington Wrought," White House Watch Blog/Washington Post, September 5, 2007.

2008-2009

• Dan Froomkin, "White House Watched", Washington Post, June 26, 2009.

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