March 30, 2006

Murray Waas: Insulating Bush

Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war had been challenged within the administration. Rove expressed his concerns shortly after an informal review of classified government records by then-Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley determined that Bush had been specifically advised that claims he later made in his 2003 State of the Union address -- that Iraq was procuring high-strength aluminum tubes to build a nuclear weapon -- might not be true, according to government records and interviews.

Posted at 02:05 PM

Comments

Interesting that what could have turned the tide in the 2004 Presidential Election (what many/most people called 'The Most Important' election in modern history), is now just a footnote or less. Sad, very sad.

ethan | 03.31.06 08:01 AM

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