projects.publicintegrity.org - 12/5/2008
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Search The 380,000-plus-word database presented here allows, for the first time, the Iraq-related public pronouncements of top Bush administration officials to be tracked on a day-by-day basis against their private assessments and the actual “ground truth” as it is now known. Throughout the ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/1/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Sunday, November 30, 2008; B01 I should have
felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August...
2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators had successfully hunted down one of the most notorious mass murderers of our ...
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I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
publicintegrity.org - 12/10/2008
michaeltotten.com - 12/1/2008
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michaeltotten.com —
I'm working on a long dispatch from the
Sadr City area. Here is a short piece in...
COMMENTARY to hold you over in the meantime. Thank you for being patient. Everything, including writing and publishing, is a gigantic hassle in Iraq. BAGHDAD For the ...
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What's Next in Iraq
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W.’s Massive Delusions
The Republic of T. —
... to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003. Not surprisingly, the officials with the most opportunities to make speeches, grant media interviews, and otherwise frame the public debate also made the most false statements, according to this first-ever analysis of the entire body of prewar rhetoric.
You can search the database for yourself. My favorite is Colin Powell exclaiming, “I’m not ...
W's Massive Delusions
Booman Tribune —
... little effort to restart it. In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003. Not surprisingly, the officials with the most opportunities to make speeches, grant media interviews, and otherwise frame the public debate also made the most false statements, according to this first-ever analysis of the entire body of prewar rhetoric. You can search the database for yourself . My favorite is Colin Powell exclaiming, ...
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