Posted by Slavei at 4.19.96.69 on July 18, 2003 at 11:45:34:
In Reply to: Regardless of WMD... posted by miss d on July 18, 2003 at 11:29:28:
: ...he lied about Saddam seeking to buy uranium for purposes of building nuclear weaponry.
: He lied to the American public. Period.
It has not been proven that Bush knew the Uranium story was completely false when he gave his address. It hasn't even been proven that the information itself is completely false. At least not yet.
What has been said was that the information gathered about Saddam acquiring the Uranium being possibly faulty was passed onto the White House, BUT it was not known that this got to Bush or not.
The White House is told many things by many agencies. Who's to say if Bush hears all of them. He has aides that filter out what he's to be told.
Though he should've made sure if the information he was stating was completely true before giving that speech.