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occuserpens Donating Member (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 08:47 PM
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Cheney's new security adviser linked to bogus information on Iraq
Cheney's office was instrumental in IWMD scam. If Libby will start to sing, this is really serious!

JONATHAN S.LANDAY, WARREN P.STROBEL. Cheney's new security adviser linked to bogus information on Iraq

Vice President Dick Cheney replaced I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby as his national security adviser on Monday with an aide identified by a former Iraqi exile group as the White House official to whom it fed information on Iraq that turned out to be erroneous.

The Bush administration relied on some of the information from the Iraqi National Congress to argue that Saddam Hussein had to be ousted before he could give banned biological or chemical weapons to al-Qaida for strikes on the United States.
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 08:48 PM
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1. He's gotta keep it all in the family - that how you
keep family secrets secret.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 08:50 PM
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2. Den of thieves
People think I kid when I call them modern day Robber Barons. Most people don't even realize how deep in shit we serfs are.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 08:53 PM
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3. Will Fitzie finger Landay? Stay tuned
Anything is possible when you have a Culture of Corruption in the Bush-Republican White House.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 08:55 PM
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4. I could be wrong about this ...
... but I think that was actually spelled out in the job description for Libby's replacement:

"The successful applicant shall be able to demonstrate that he dutifully and diligently disseminated false, misleading and/or totally fabricated intelligence on Iraq prior to and/or during the lead-up to the invasion thereof ..."

Hey, you know Cheney -- doesn't have the patience to train the new kid, and likes a man with experience.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 09:04 PM
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5. heh...Landay and Strobel get the real scoop from intel that distrust Bush
and his entire WH.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 09:25 PM
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6. Well, if that's true
Then the CIA has an overt agent in the VP's office. Nothing like getting inside info on what Cheney is up to now, eh?.

That's taking a wild swing, I know. But you know the VP's office has been hammered hard, what with Libby being sent home to play with his cat and all. So it's a perfect moment for the good guys to put in place someone who would get the skinny on what Dick is gonna do now, now that the heats getting closer and closer. It ain't over till the fat VP sings!
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 08:00 AM
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8. VP's office taking the hit because that's the #1 rule of BushClub.
If you sign up for BushClub you have to be prepared to throw yourself on a grenade for Bush.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-31-05 10:45 PM
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7. There really are only 12 of them. If they go outside the shop - they
risk a WILSON who thinks and has a heart. DANGER!!!:sarcasm:
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 08:46 AM
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9. People that hate America permeate this White House
...these unpatriotic crooks should be tried for treason.
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dubyaD40web Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 08:46 AM
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10. Here's a similar story if you don't want to register:
Vice president's new adviser tied to false Iraq info
Posted on Tue, Nov. 01, 2005

WASHINGTON | Vice President Dick Cheney replaced I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby as his national security adviser Monday with an aide identified by a former Iraqi exile group as the White House official to whom it fed information on Iraq that turned out to be erroneous.

The Bush administration relied on some of the information from the Iraqi National Congress to argue that Saddam Hussein had to be ousted before he could give banned biological or chemical weapons to al-Qaida for strikes on the U.S.

But no such weapons were discovered after the March 2003 invasion, and U.S. intelligence agencies and the independent commission on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks found no evidence of operational cooperation between Iraq and al-Qaida.

The White House announced on Monday the elevation of John Hannah to replace Libby as Cheney's national security adviser. Earlier in the day it announced that Libby would be arraigned Thursday in federal court on charges of perjury, making false statements and obstruction of justice. He was expected to plead not guilty.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/13050709.htm
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