Suskind drops intel forgery bombshell
If this allegation is true - and Suskind has been a pretty reliable reporter - this is the single worst thing the Bush administration did to exaggerate the case for the Iraq War:
"The White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001," Suskind writes. "It said that 9/11 ringleader Mohammad Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq – thus showing, finally, that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda, something the Vice President’s Office had been pressing CIA to prove since 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq. There is no link." [Politico]
We have known for several years that members of the administration cherry-picked evidence and even cited documents they knew were forged, but the allegation that the US government actually forged pieces of intelligence is nothing short of jaw-dropping.
"Book says White House ordered forgery" [Politico]
"A White House Forgery Scandal" [Washington Post]
"The White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001," Suskind writes. "It said that 9/11 ringleader Mohammad Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq – thus showing, finally, that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda, something the Vice President’s Office had been pressing CIA to prove since 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq. There is no link." [Politico]
We have known for several years that members of the administration cherry-picked evidence and even cited documents they knew were forged, but the allegation that the US government actually forged pieces of intelligence is nothing short of jaw-dropping.
"Book says White House ordered forgery" [Politico]
"A White House Forgery Scandal" [Washington Post]
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