Camillo di Christian RoccaBush non ha mentito/2

Al contrario di quanto avete letto sui giornali italiani, la Commissione Intelligence del Senato a maggioranza democratica ha ribadito che Bush non ha mentito sulle armi di Saddam e sul sostegno al terrorismo. Oggi lo spiegano il Washington Post e il New York Sun, ma non ancora Rep. e Corr:

Al contrario di quanto avete letto sui giornali italiani, la Commissione Intelligence del Senato a maggioranza democratica ha ribadito che Bush non ha mentito sulle armi di Saddam e sul sostegno al terrorismo. Oggi lo spiegano il Washington Post e il New York Sun, ma non ancora Rep. e Corr:
On Iraq’s nuclear weapons program? The president’s statements "were generally substantiated by intelligence community estimates."
"On biological weapons, production capability and those infamous mobile laboratories? The president’s statements "were substantiated by intelligence information."
On chemical weapons, then? "Substantiated by intelligence information."
On weapons of mass destruction overall (a separate section of the intelligence committee report)? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information." Delivery vehicles such as ballistic missiles? "Generally substantiated by available intelligence." Unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to deliver WMDs? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information."
As you read through the report, you begin to think maybe you’ve mistakenly picked up the minority dissent. But, no, this is the Rockefeller indictment. So, you think, the smoking gun must appear in the section on Bush’s claims about Saddam Hussein’s alleged ties to terrorism.
But statements regarding Iraq’s support for terrorist groups other than al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." Statements that Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda "were substantiated by the intelligence assessments," and statements regarding Iraq’s contacts with al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information."
(Fred Hiatt, Washington Post)
"On many key judgments before the war, the report itself found that statements on Iraq’s biological weapons capacity, its nuclear and chemical weapons programs, the president and his cabinet secretaries generally followed the intelligence assessments of the spy services".
(The New York Sun)

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