Woodward defends book about Bush war strategy

MSNBC ^ | April 20, 2004 | NBC News

[jdege]

Woodward defends book about Bush war strategy

Powell, others challenge his account of events before Iraq war

Updated: 9:22 a.m. ET April 20, 2004NEW YORK - Journalist Bob Woodward was on the defensive Tuesday, rebutting denials by Bush administration officials and the Saudi ambassador about who knew what and when they knew it when it came to planning the war against Saddam Hussein.

Woodward sparked the controversy in his book “Plan of Attack,” in which he claims that Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was said to be cool to the idea of war, was left out of the loop when President Bush made the decision to invade Iraq. Woodward writes that the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, was told of the plan two days before Powell ever was.

The Washington Post journalist claims that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice-President Dick Cheney told Bandar of the decision in a meeting on Jan. 11, 2003, using phrases such as “you can take it to the bank ... this is going to happen” and “He (Saddam) is toast.”

[jdege]

“What he (Woodward) said is accurate. However there was one sentence that was left out,” Bandar said.

Missed it by that much...

[ravingnutter]

Some interesting articles whose info should be brought out about Mr. Woodward in the public arena:

Can You Trust Bob Woodward?

Christopher Hitchen's Book Review of Woodward's “Bush at War”

Weighing Sources Anonymous and Otherwise

Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - Book Review

In reference to the last link...it is pretty sad that Woodward is such a liar that someone writes a whole book about it, LOL!

[OldFriend]

The woodpecker has no clothes.

[RoseofTexas]

Rush is talking about it now! Carter and Clintion get a slap by Bandar!!!!!!!

[RoseofTexas]

clintion=Clinton...OH WHO THE heck cares!!

[novalogic]

They've STILL got it up as "reccommended reading" at georgewbush.com.
I've emailed the site, they need to get that garbage off the site.

[q_an_a]

this book is the briar patch. The President and his people are glad that BW is out telling everyone that this is a WAR President!! They love have the front pages full of stories about terror and the war, because they know that a few weeks ago people thought it was over and they could make it the last on a list of items they worried about.

Some people in Congress want to end the Patriot Act and stop the war on terror, because it is old news. This book helps the President and hurts JK. So what if there are a couple of mistakes, most people told Gallup and Pew they don't trust the media, that the media has a bias, so they take the mistakes with a grain of salt.

[MizSterious]

My guess: his "unnamed anonymous sources" are actually one source: Richard Clarke. Yeah, we can trust what he says...

[Cicero]

He's crying all the way to the bank.

Same old, same old. Publish a bunch of lies, sell a load of books, get questioned, appear on all the talk shows, sell more books. Get questioned some more. Just as you are losing the argument, the news media move on to the next lie and the author moves on to the next book. Woodward has already managed to bash Bush twice, and his first term isn't even over yet.

[GailA]

Another one to add to your list bob woodward..not to be trusted

[Grampa Dave]