[dirtboy]

Great addition. Notice that "imminent threat" wasn't used anywhere. So it appears they were considering this line of attack abou six weeks before Kay's initial briefing, but weren't using that lie yet. And they were worried about the consequences of finding WMDs and having it blow up in their faces. And, if Kay found no WMDs but supporting weapons programs (which he did), that still was dangerous politically - unless they altered Bush's position.

I've learned that Dems don't just spontaneously start spouting the same lie in unison. There is usually an orchestrated campaign behind the scenes to coordinate the attack and create the impression of truth by the widespread repetition of the same lie. So now, when did the "imminent threat" lie really start getting widespread use? When did the DNC get the fax machines cranked up?

[Miss Marple]

Well, as near as I can tell some of this came from a story on the State of the Union speech by our good friends at the Los Angeles Times.

Here is a link to the piece, entitled President calls Iraq threat imminent.

Reading through this article, one can see that the paper willfully misrepresented what the President said.

[Dog]

Robin Cook and Clare Short were the first to use the term "imminent threat" in the dossier matter in England

I found a quote by our buddy Greg Thielemabb using it in the run up to the war.

[metesky]

db: excellent post.

Buckhead: great followup.

Diggin' the dirt is what makes this place A#1.