A Defense Intelligence Agency report trashed the idea that those trailers in Iraq were mobile biowarfare labs three days before GWB said “We have found the WMD.” The report proving that the President was a liar was stamped “Secret.” Without leaks of classified information, we wouldn’t know about it.
May it please the court:
1. The Bush Administration orders the invasion of Iraq on the premise the Iraq is stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.
2. No WMDs are found.
3. The Army finds some trailers that look as if they might be mobile biowarfare labs.
4. The Defense Intelligence Agency investigates.
5. The DIA report comes back negative: the trailers are “the biggest sand toilet in the world.”
6. Two days later, the President announces “We have found the WMD.”
7. The DIA report proving the President is a liar is stamped “Secret.”
8. Three years later, news of the report leaks out.
Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
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Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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That's a solid report that cannot be ignored. Goes nicely with the January intel conclusion saying no Niger deal, followed by Bush's SOTU "yellowcake". Two really clear instances of lying that are pre- and post- invasion.
As much as I doubted it would happen, Bush may fall further in the polls.
That's a solid report that cannot be ignored. Goes nicely with the January intel conclusion saying no Niger deal, followed by Bush's SOTU "yellowcake". Two really clear instances of lying that are pre- and post- invasion.
As much as I doubted it would happen, Bush may fall further in the polls.
"Mr. Hutz, are you aware that you're not wearing any pants?"
"I rest my case" = QED. Well done!
Consider this:
If you asked all Americans, "Should the president lie in order to defend the country?" I think the vast majority would say yes.
I don't think this will change the mind of anyone who still thinks for whatever reason that "defending the country" required the invasion of Iraq.