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Justifying the invasion of Iraq
Left I on the News —
... And, guess what? No such statement from Saddam Hussein appears in the interviews, which are all online at the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The interviews aren't even transcripts, they are all simply summaries of the conversations made by an FBI agent, with only a tiny amount of direct quotations embedded within them. But even in those summaries, no such claim appears. Glenn Kessler, the author of the Post article, writes: "The formal interviews covered Hussein's rise to power, the Kuwait invasion, and Hussein's ...
Saddam Hussein Considered ‘Security Agreement’ With U.S. To Counter Threat From ‘Fanatics’ In Iran
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, the National Security Archive released declassified FBI reports detailing both the bureau’s interrogations and “ ...
Saddam Interrogation: US Still Trying to Show 9/11 Connection as Late as Mid-2004
Firedoglake —
... The National Security Archive has posted a bunch of FBI interview reports from Saddam's interrogation. As the NSA notes, this record is not complete. ...
Saddam Hussein's WMD Bluff Was Meant For Iran
The Latest on Air America —
... with Al Qaeda and called Osama bin Laden a "zealot." The reports include 20 interviews and five informal conversations conducted by US operatives led by George L. Piro after Saddam's capture in 2004. Along with strategic and military information, the reports provide an interesting insight into the former dictator--he wrote poetry, which he read to the US officials interviewing him, and watched American movies to understand its culture. The reports are available in full from the National Security Archive .
FBI releases summaries of interviews with Saddam Hussein
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... USA Today Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in 20 formal interviews and at least five casual conversations with the FBI, said he was bluffing publicly about having weapons of mass destruction because he feared showing weakness to Iran, according to newly released FBI summaries. ... The documents were released as a result of Freedom of Information Act request by the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute and library. Read the documents by clicking here HIghlights: -- Saddam denies any connection to the "zealot" Osama bin Laden, citing North ...
Saddam, the FBI and Cliocide in Iraq
Informed Comment —
... Joyce Battle (with help from Brendan McQuade) has posted twenty interviews of Saddam Hussein by the FBI to the National Security Archives at George Washington University, having done the hard work of FOIAing them. ...
Morning Skim: 'Bomb Iran,' Shame About Hussein and More
Opinionator —
... leading prayers today is low-key and makes no direct references to the opposition movement or the foreign threat, then the regime thinks that not only that the worst has passed but that it is unlikely to recur. If, however, the enemy appears, then there is still uncertainty and concern amongst the Iranian leadership. Informed Comment : Juan Cole reads the reports on the interrogations of Saddam Hussein after his capture (recently released via an FOIA request and now available at the National Security Archive ): “As a professional historian of the Middle East, ...
Come Clean
TPMCafe —
... on the FBI's 2004 interrogations of Saddam Hussein, just released through the invaluable labors of the National Security Archive, is this FBI summary trying to explain why Saddam wanted to thwart UN inspections and cover up his non-possession of WMD. This is not brand new stuff, but still revelatory. Saddam told the FBI he ...
