22.7.03
White House's jerk parade continues
One of Bush's aides has stepped forward to take the blame for the State of the Union speech lie that Iraq had attempted to procure uranium from "Africa". But, as with Tenet's bizarre claims, his explanation of what went wrong is beyond preposterous:
Christ... this idiot is a deputy national security advisor. But, according to his statements, he seems to think that remembering or not remembering crucial national security and political information is about on the same level of importance as remembering the last time he changed his socks. Do they have pens and notebooks at the White House? "Note to self... controversy on the uranium-from-Africa issue... do not rely on this claim to build suport for war of aggression". It's that fucking simple. And I'm not even in charge of minding the most powerful person in the world.
Of course, Hadley's explanation is yet another lie, and naturally, it doesn't fit together with the other lies being circulated by the White House. Hadley claims that he should have "alerted" Tenet. But Tenet's story is that the CIA read and approved the State of the Union address - even though they had insisted that the same Iraq-African uranium claim be deleted from the 2002 Cincinatti speech. Wouldn't Hadley have known that Tenet's agency had already cleared the speech? Does Hadley know anything - besides how to be a spineless prick?
Again, this administration should be gotten rid of ASAP for sheer incompetence if for no other reason.
One of Bush's aides has stepped forward to take the blame for the State of the Union speech lie that Iraq had attempted to procure uranium from "Africa". But, as with Tenet's bizarre claims, his explanation of what went wrong is beyond preposterous:
Hadley [the aide] said that he had received two memos from the CIA and a phone call from agency Director George Tenet last October raising objections to an allegation that Iraq was seeking to buy uranium ore from Africa to use in building nuclear weapons.Another article includes this lame excuse in his own words:
As a result, Hadley said the offending passage was excised from a speech on Iraq the president gave in Cincinnati last Oct. 7. But Hadley suggested that details from the memos and phone call had slipped from his attention as the State of the Union was being put together.
"I should have recalled at the time of the State of the Union speech that there was controversy associated with the uranium issue," Hadley said... .It's almost like these clowns stepping up to the plate for Bush have been lobotomized. "I loved it...it was much better than 'Cats'...I will see it again and again".
"I should have either asked that the 16 words dealing with that subject be stricken or I should have alerted DCI (Director of Central Intelligence) Tenet. And had I done so this would have avoided the whole current controversy."
Christ... this idiot is a deputy national security advisor. But, according to his statements, he seems to think that remembering or not remembering crucial national security and political information is about on the same level of importance as remembering the last time he changed his socks. Do they have pens and notebooks at the White House? "Note to self... controversy on the uranium-from-Africa issue... do not rely on this claim to build suport for war of aggression". It's that fucking simple. And I'm not even in charge of minding the most powerful person in the world.
Of course, Hadley's explanation is yet another lie, and naturally, it doesn't fit together with the other lies being circulated by the White House. Hadley claims that he should have "alerted" Tenet. But Tenet's story is that the CIA read and approved the State of the Union address - even though they had insisted that the same Iraq-African uranium claim be deleted from the 2002 Cincinatti speech. Wouldn't Hadley have known that Tenet's agency had already cleared the speech? Does Hadley know anything - besides how to be a spineless prick?
Again, this administration should be gotten rid of ASAP for sheer incompetence if for no other reason.
