farglebargle -> RE: Condi Rice Schools Lawrence O'Donnell On Iraq (5/6/2011 5:23:19 PM)
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Strangely enough, compared to others in the Bush Gang, she's not that culpable. For instance, she's really only got one "Overt Act" to her credit. E. On September 8, 2002, on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, RICE asserted that Saddam Hussein was acquiring aluminum tubes that were "only suited" for nuclear centrifuge use, which statement was deliberately false and fraudulent, and made with reckless indifference to the truth in that it omitted to state the following material facts: (1) the U.S. intelligence community was deeply divided about the likely use of the tubes; (2) there were at least fifteen intelligence reports written since April 2001 that cast doubt on the tubes' possible nuclear-related use; and (3) the U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons experts had concluded, after analyzing the tubes's specifications and the circumstances of the Iraqis' attempts to procure them, that the aluminum tubes were not well suited for nuclear centrifuge use and were more likely intended for artillery rocket production. A prosecutor would try to get her to roll over and rat on her Boss, but if she wanted to go to trial, she's got a hard defense...
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