Re: OT Kerry was right

OFCS, Powell used "deliberately misleading"

Ignoring facts adds nothing to serious discussion

Peter



On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:16:00 GMT, "sfb" <sfb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>We now know that the intelligence assessments were wrong. To say that
>they lied is inflammatory language bordering on the childish for the
>sake of being inflammatory adding nothing to serious discussions on
>avoiding these mistakes in the future.
>
>"Peter Skelton" <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > Which time he
>said it do you want?
>>
>> Meet the Press May 16
>>
>> "When I made that presentation in February 2003, it was based on
>> the best information that the Central Intelligence Agency made
>> available to me. We studied it carefully; we looked at the
>> sourcing in the case of the mobile trucks and trains. There was
>> multiple sourcing for that. Unfortunately, that multiple sourcing
>> over time has turned out to be not accurate. And so I'm deeply
>> disappointed. But I'm also comfortable that at the time that I
>> made the presentation, it reflected the collective judgment, the
>> sound judgment of the intelligence community. But it turned out
>> that the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong and in some cases,
>> deliberately misleading. And for that, I am disappointed and I
>> regret it."
>>
>> He's saying the intelligence community lied to him.
>>
>> Peter Skelton
>
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