News and Politics | May 11, 2008 | 15 comments

The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder

source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19903.htm

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There is direct evidence that President George W. Bush did not honorably lead this nation, but deliberately misled it into a war he wanted. Bush and his administration knowingly lied to Congress and to the American public — lies that have cost the lives of more than 4,000 young American soldiers and close to $1 trillion.

A Monumental Lie

In his first nationally televised address on the Iraqi crisis on October 7, 2002, six days after receiving the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a classified CIA report, President Bush told millions of Americans the exact opposite of what the CIA was telling him -a monumental lie to the nation and the world.

On the evening of October 7, 2002, the very latest CIA intelligence was that Hussein was not an imminent threat to the U.S. This same information was delivered to the Bush administration as early as October 1, 2002, in the NIE, including input from the CIA and 15 other U.S. intelligence agencies. In addition, CIA director George Tenet briefed Bush in the Oval Office on the morning of October 7th.

According to the October 1, 2002 NIE, “Baghdad for now appears to be drawing a line short of conducting terrorist attacks with conventional or CBW [chemical and biological warfare] against the United States, fearing that exposure of Iraqi involvement would provide Washington a stronger case for making war.” The report concluded that Hussein was not planning to use any weapons of mass destruction; further, Hussein would only use weapons of mass destruction he was believed to have if he were first attacked, that is, he would only use them in self-defense.

Preparing its declassified version of the NIE for Congress, which became known as the White Paper, the Bush administration edited the classified NIE document in ways that significantly changed its inference and meaning, making the threat seem imminent and ominous.

In the original NIE report, members of the U.S. intelligence community vigorously disagreed with the CIA’s bloated and inaccurate conclusions. All such opposing commentary was eliminated from the declassified White Paper prepared for Congress and the American people.

The Manning Memo

On January 31, 2003, Bush met in the Oval Office with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In a memo summarizing the meeting discussion, Blair’s chief foreign policy advisor David Manning wrote that Bush and Blair expressed their doubts that any chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons would ever be found in Iraq, and that there was tension between Bush and Blair over finding some justification for the war that would be acceptable to other nations. Bush was so worried about the failure of the UN inspectors to find hard evidence against Hussein that he talked about three possible ways, Manning wrote, to “provoke a confrontation” with Hussein. One way, Bush said, was to fly “U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, [falsely] painted in UN colors. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach” of UN resolutions and that would justify war. Bush was calculating to create a war, not prevent one.

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15 comments // The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder

  • maasanova
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      maasanova  

    • How could someone not like this story? I would like to point out though that while he is Commander In Chief, he is a puppet, and thus a scapegoat. There are a whole nest of vipers with more power and control that need to be brought to the fire. Democrats and Republicans alike.

    • 4 years ago
  • sickinjersey
  • jubal
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      jubal  
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    • GWB should be tarred and feathered just like they did to criminals in New England back just before the First American Revolution.

      Did you guys watch the HBO miniseries "John Adams?"

    • 4 years ago
  • jubal
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      jubal  
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    • The true cost of this war is fast approaching 3 Trillion Dollars.

      Read the report from two Nobel prize winning economists.

    • 4 years ago
  • Neghie
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      Neghie  

    • The man was elected twice! Those who voted for him are just as accountable I feel. Those who voted for the war are doubly accountable and as much as I'd like to pin the blame on Bush, his administration couldn't have done what they did if they weren't allowed to. Bush looks like the obvious culprit, but all he did was sell the war to the blood thirsty minions. To simply blame, and ask for his head on a stake is not that simple for me.

    • 4 years ago
  • sickinjersey
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      sickinjersey  

    • I am surprised that dems haven't driven a stronger case for accountability surrounding this treason, there are states in which there are warrants for his arrest, and i think that was killed in the news too.At this point we need marches and protests to force people to look at this better, and act on it. the history channel would need this for future generations, hippie part 2

    • 4 years ago
  • WorldPeaceTV
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      WorldPeaceTV  

    • Bush and his cronies are criminals. Pretty simple. Very obvious. Furthermore....Exposing a CIA covert agent is the same as High Treason. I've heard of people going to prison for exposing an undercover policeman.

    • 4 years ago
  • Jtonio4823
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      Jtonio4823  

    • Bush is a criminal on all levels.He gave all his friends positions that they was not qualified for. And republiicans gave him the most highest position.
      He is all about helping his rich friends and their interests.
      He totally screwed up in Iraq and misled america.The only solution now is thinking before we vote this time. We need change. What we dont need is people to vote uninformed. I believe both partys have flaws and say what people that are listening at the moment want to hear. Honesty and Inteilgence is what we need.

    • 4 years ago
  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Must be a lot of Bush supporters here today. I just posted this and it is nowhere to be found in even the top 100 for others to see when it was just on the frontpage. Either that or people don't like the truth that presidential candidates on all sides in this are complicit as well by not speaking out. The Internet is also blazing with stories about war with Iran, yet our candidates are all silent about that well as if they didn't know anything. Just going along with the soundbites...

    • 4 years ago
  • Egnatius212
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Of course, we will not see this in reality. Those who orchestrated this illegal war against our Constitution will go free. The presidential candidates in this now have not mentioned accountbaility at all either. Only "the chance" of some "investigaitng" to appease... Big whoop. If they think those of us who do know the Constitution and cherish not only its principles but the inherent laws of nature will not be watching once they are gone from the WH to see what transpires regarding accountability for their crimes, they are mistaken.

    • 4 years ago
  • Egnatius212
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