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  • The Downing Street Memo: Primary source or 2nd hand info
    20 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Memo raises the question: Did the President, the Vice President and other high level officials deliberately fabricate intelligence to convince a gullible public to accept war? These are high crimes and misdemeanors, impeachable offenses to say the least. And with the carnage in Iraq, they could all go to trial for war crimes. Is it any wonder that Bush and Co are running away from the questions?
    Mr. Bush has refused to respond to the allegations, sending his PR man Scottie McClellan (…)

  • British Documents: The Pentagon Papers of Our Time?
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The so-called Downing Street memos, now seven in number, have been dismissed by some in the press as "old news," but the same could be said of the Pentagon Papers when they were published. As in the previous case, the shock value comes from their official nature, and they bring key questions about deceit and poor judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war back to the forefront for public debate.
    (June 17, 2005) — On public radio this week, Walter Pincus, the senior national security reporter (…)

  • Bush-Blair excuse for the Downing Street Memo doesn’t hold water
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush and Blair are claiming they went through the UN- they Did Not - they pulled the 2nd Resolution before the vote. Bush and Blair Did Not get UN approval but they invaded anyway.
    from the Downing Street Minutes
    Britain’s [CIA] Chief told Blair:
    "The NSC had no patience with the UN route..."
    Bush’s only response to the Downing Street Memo was at the June 8th press conference with Tony Blair. Guess what - they both agreed - of course they didn’t ’fix the facts’. Really, they (…)

  • US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war
    17 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    American officials lied to British ministers over the use of "internationally reviled" napalm-type firebombs in Iraq.
    Yesterday’s disclosure led to calls by MPs for a full statement to the Commons and opened ministers to allegations that they held back the facts until after the general election.
    Despite persistent rumours of injuries among Iraqis consistent with the use of incendiary weapons such as napalm, Adam Ingram, the Defence minister, assured Labour MPs in January that US forces (…)

  • Downing Street II: Ray McGovern
    14 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    June 13, 2005
    Ray McGovern is a co-founder of the Truth Telling Coalition and of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. He had a 27-year career as a CIA analyst, and now works for Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC.
    Yesterday, London’s Sunday Times published the text of another SECRET UK EYES ONLY breifing document prepared for senior British officials. This one was dated July 21, 2002, two days before British intelligence (…)

  • Six More Downing Street Docs Authenticated!
    14 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Later today RawStory.com will be posting an article that they have been researching for several days. Six new secret British documents have been leaked and made widely available on the internet, including via the links below. These were retyped from the originals to protect the source, but RawStory.com has verified the authenticity and will be reporting on that research, on the significance of the documents, and on the timeline of the events illuminated by this information, known to the (…)

  • Administration’s Offenses Impeachable
    14 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Let’s consider an item from the news of about two weeks ago:
    A British citizen leaked a memo to London’s Sunday Times. The memo was of the written account of a meeting that a man named Richard Dearlove had with the Bush administration in July 2002. Dearlove was the head of the England’s MI-6, the equivalent of the CIA. On July 23, 2002, Dearlove briefed Tony Blair about the meeting. He said that Bush was determined to attack Iraq. He said that Bush knew that U.S. intelligence had no (…)

  • Downing Street Memo Video
    13 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Here’s a video that was put together by the Downing Street Memo folks.
    Video-WMP only
    "It’s tempting in the flurry of minutes and memos and articles to get so wrapped up in the story that you forget exactly who the story is about. It’s not about impeaching the President. It’s not about Republicans and Democrats. It has, and always will be, about them. About those heroes who sacrificed and trusted their government. About those with brave hearts who cannot speak now from the grave. (…)

  • Web Of Cold-Blooded Lies
    13 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Web Of Cold-Blooded Lies Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun June 12, 2005 PARIS - In July 2002, the head of MI-6, Britain’s secret intelligence service, briefed Prime Minister Tony Blair and his cabinet on U.S. plans to attack Iraq.
    Sir Richard Dearlove ("M" to James Bond fans) reported that U.S. President George Bush had decided to invade oil-rich Iraq in March 2003, in a war "to be justified by the conjunction of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The intelligence and facts are being (…)

  • US Regulator Suppresses Vital Data On Prescription Drugs On Sale In Britain
    13 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    US Regulator Suppresses Vital Data On Prescription Drugs On Sale In Britain ’IoS’ Investigation: Despite Calls For More Transparency After Revelations About The Side Effects Of Ibuprofen, The FDA Has Withheld 28 Pages Of Information On A New Wave Of Painkillers Roger Dobson and Jeanne Lenzer June 12, 2005 Vital data on prescription medicines found in millions of British homes has been suppressed by the powerful US drug regulators, even though the information could potentially save lives. (…)