KR Washington Bureau | 11/11/2005 | Bush denies his administration misused prewar intelligence
KR Washington Bureau | 11/11/2005 | Bush denies his administration misused prewar intelligence: "By Michael P. Buffer and Jonathan S. Landay
Knight Ridder Newspapers
TOBYHANNA, Pa. - President Bush on Friday offered his most vigorous defense yet of his decision to invade Iraq, rejecting as 'false' and 'baseless' accusations that his administration twisted intelligence to support its case for war.
The attempts by Democratic lawmakers and others to rewrite history are demoralizing U.S. troops and encouraging their radical Islamic foes, Bush said.
Bush's assertions were in response to renewed questions about how the administration used intelligence in making its case for war. The revived interest follows the indictment of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, on perjury charges. That case involved the leak of the identity of a CIA officer married to a critic of Bush's use of Iraq intelligence.
Polls show that a majority of Americans don't believe that Bush is honest, and his approval rating has dropped to 37 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of American servicemen and women killed in Iraq has reached 2,050.
Standing before a poster reading 'Strategy for Victory,' Bush spoke at the Tobyhanna Army Depot of the dangers of violent Islamic radicalism and what he asserted has been progress in the fight to defeat terrorism and build democracy in Iraq and elsewhere."
Knight Ridder Newspapers
TOBYHANNA, Pa. - President Bush on Friday offered his most vigorous defense yet of his decision to invade Iraq, rejecting as 'false' and 'baseless' accusations that his administration twisted intelligence to support its case for war.
The attempts by Democratic lawmakers and others to rewrite history are demoralizing U.S. troops and encouraging their radical Islamic foes, Bush said.
Bush's assertions were in response to renewed questions about how the administration used intelligence in making its case for war. The revived interest follows the indictment of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, on perjury charges. That case involved the leak of the identity of a CIA officer married to a critic of Bush's use of Iraq intelligence.
Polls show that a majority of Americans don't believe that Bush is honest, and his approval rating has dropped to 37 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of American servicemen and women killed in Iraq has reached 2,050.
Standing before a poster reading 'Strategy for Victory,' Bush spoke at the Tobyhanna Army Depot of the dangers of violent Islamic radicalism and what he asserted has been progress in the fight to defeat terrorism and build democracy in Iraq and elsewhere."
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