[traderrob6]

"By these standards, the "16 words" was a fib. We really didn't have enough to go on to pass off that info as true. Sure, we said "British intelligence has learned..." thus making it a technical truth. But the intent was to convey an idea that we had not adequately supported. Now, I suspect Bush himself didn't realize that was a fib, but administration officials did, and they're the ones who put it in the speech."

Actually not. There was and still is compelling evidence that Iraq was actively pursuing the purchase of yellowcake Uranium in both Niger and the Congo. The Presidents statement was both "technically" and "essentially" correct.

[BackInBlack]

'There was and still is compelling evidence that Iraq was actively pursuing the purchase of yellowcake Uranium in both Niger and the Congo. The Presidents statement was both "technically" and "essentially" correct.'

Why, then, did the administration say later the claim didn't have the level of proof required for a state of the union address?

[Zacs Mom]

I offer the following excerpts from the Project on Chemical and Biological Warfare Chapter of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2000 Yearbook ~ Appendix 9B: The future of chemical and biological weapon disarmament in Iraq: from UNSCOM to UNMOVIC :

From page 567

From page 568

From page 567