The Truth About 935 Bush Lies

Did it take a thousand untruths to get us into Iraq? Not quite.

According to a new study by two non-profit journalism organizations, “President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials…made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.”

The orchestrated campaign has been documented by the staffs of the Fund for Independence in Journalism and the Center for Public Integrity to create a data base of deception.

Some of the highlights:

.On August 26, 2002, Dick Cheney made a speech saying “there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.” The CIA had no idea of the basis for that claim…

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