237 Misleading Statements

“VI. CONCLUSION
Because of the gravity of the subject and the President?s unique access to
classified information, members of Congress and the public expect the President
and his senior officials to take special care to be balanced and accurate in
describing national security threats. It does not appear, however, that President
Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell, and
National Security Advisor Rice met this standard in the case of Iraq. To the
contrary, these five officials repeatedly made misleading statements about the
threat posed by Iraq. In 125 separate appearances, they made 11 misleading
statements about the urgency of Iraq?s threat, 81 misleading statements about
Iraq?s nuclear activities, 84 misleading statements about Iraq?s chemical and
biological capabilities, and 61 misleading statements about Iraq?s relationship
with al Qaeda.
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Background

On March 19, 2003, U.S. forces began military operations in Iraq. Addressing the nation about the purpose of the war on the day the bombing began, President Bush stated: ?The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.?

One year later, many doubts have been raised regarding the Administration?s assertions about the threat posed by Iraq. Prior to the war in Iraq, the President and his advisors repeatedly claimed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that jeopardized the security of the United States. The failure to discover these weapons after the war has led to questions about whether the President and his advisors were candid in describing Iraq?s threat.



The Iraq on the Record Report, prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.



This database identifies 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances in the time leading up to and after the commencement of hostilities in Iraq. The search options on the left can be used to find statements by any combination of speaker, subject, keyword, or date.



The Special Investigations Division compiled a database of statements about Iraq made by President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice. All of the statements in the database were drawn from speeches, press conferences and briefings, interviews, written statements, and testimony by the five officials.

This Iraq on the Record database contains statements made by the five officials that were misleading at the time they were made. The database does not include statements that appear in hindsight to be erroneous but were accurate reflections of the views of intelligence officials at the time they were made.

For more information, see the Full Iraq on the Record Methodology.

http://www.house.gov/reform/min/features/iraq_on_the_record/

Thats the addy. You can get the report in pdf format. You can also get the address for the database.”

“what is house.gov?”

“"prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman"

Keywords”

“"what is house.gov?"

House of Representatives”

“I was worried it might be like whitehouse.com!”

“No that would be

http://www.whitehouse.org/”

“only one comment for this post, is that the facts here are misleading and the first missles were shot on march 20 2003..at least they were if you were there...and as far as everyone ive met goes, im the only one who was.”