03-Bush Was In Trouble-"Bring in some nuclear material from Soviet Union & pretend they are Iraqi"

Scott Ritter's Columns
‘Where Are the Weapons of Mass Destruction?’

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Seated on a couch in the middle of the elaborately furnished villa was a small, thin woman in her late 30s with short blond hair who introduced herself as Carol. On the table before the couch were plates full of sweets and fruit slices, imported from Kuwait, which Carol invited Mohammed to taste. Stacey joined them, and soon she and Carol began questioning Mohammed. About five minutes into the session, the two women were joined by a third person, an Army lieutenant colonel who introduced himself as Dave. Dave was dressed in the same khaki trousers as Stacey and Carol, but sported a gray T-shirt emblazoned with the seal of the United States and the words “U.S. Embassy Kuwait.” A short, athletic-looking man with gray hair, Dave quickly took over the proceedings, with Carol and Stacey taking notes. For four hours Dave questioned Mohammed about various matters dealing with the Iraqi’s former work.



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In my extensive dealings with him, Mohammed has never lied to me or exaggerated about events he was personally involved in. His story establishes a pattern of behavior which shows how the Bush administration, especially when operating in the form of small, ideologically motivated teams functioning outside the norms and conventions of the mainstream, was able to consider (in Mohammed’s case) manufacturing data and circumstances to bolster its false case for invading Iraq, and (per author Ron Suskind) actually manufacture such data and circumstances. I trust Mohammed. And so I am willing to believe Suskind and his sources about similar cases of fraud, this time in the form of the CIA’s manufactured Mukhabarat document.

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Scott Ritter is a former Marine Corps intelligence specialist and was a chief weapons inspector for the United Nations in Iraq. He is the author of many books, including “Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein” and “Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change.”

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against Bush/Cheney does that take away Bush's power of pardon?

not all possibilities have been tested via the supreme court, but they have yet to limit the power of the pardon.

only a self-pardon would likely cause the supremos to blanch, but there's nothing in the constitution that explicitly prohibits even that, much as it galls.

so say if Cheney is impeached & convicted, bush cannot reinstate him as VP him with a pardon.

If however, Cheney is impeached and then subsequently convicted of Treason or Espionage in a court of law, then bush can pardon that particular conviction.

Expect massive, blanket pardons at the very end of bush's term.

Expect the MSM to shrug.

their term ends - that Bush still has the ability to pardon? How can that be? Shouldn't all rights be taken away from him until the impeachment either fails or succeeds? Bush can pardon Cheney even if he himself is under suspicion of high crimes and misdemeanors? That doesn't sound right.

or more precisely, there are problems with just about any approach. all powers are subject to abuse.

Who gave him his directives?

They've been heavily on board for Iraq. They've been well compensated, of course.

The guy who's not allowed on Olbermann, Rhodes, Hartmann or any airwaves? Except once a year?

Oh yeah, I remember now.

The guy who's not allowed on Olbermann, Rhodes, Hartmann or any airwaves? Except once a year?

Oh yeah, I remember now.