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to: Nolly Unvala
from: John Cuccia
date: 2004-10-27 21:08:50
subject: Re: Speaking Truth to Power

From: John Cuccia 

According to this it was a print-only article, never published online:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_10/004994.php


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:18:39 -0400, Nolly Unvala  wrote:

>Which issue, Monte?  I can't seem to find the article.
>
>Monte Davis wrote:
>> Just a hint for those Iraq war supporters who are still wondering how
>> their White House team, intent on the truth, was so cruelly misled by
>> the CIA. It's still happening.
>>
>> From the American Conservative (!!!!), Philip Giraldi:
>>
>> "On Sept. 28 [2004], at the Vice President's request, the Agency
>> provided a special briefing on the subject of Jordanian terrorist
>> Mu'sab al-Zarqawi. The CIA's Counter Terrorism Center (CTC) reviewed
>> all of the available intelligence on the subject and based its
>> briefing on a just completed comprehensive intelligence analysis.he
>> CTC concluded that Saddam Hussein had not materially supported Zarqawi
>> before the U.S.-led invasion and that Zarqawi's infrastructure in Iraq
>> before the war was confined to the northern no-fly zones of Kurdistan,
>> beyond Baghdad's reach. Cheney reacted with fury, screaming at the
>> briefer that CIA was trying to get John Kerry elected by contradicting
>> the president's stance that Saddam had supported terrorism and
>> therefore needed to be overthrown. The hapless briefer was shaken by
>> the vice president's outburst, and the incident was reported back to
>> [newly appointed CIA director Porter] Goss, who indicated that he was
>> reluctant to confront the vice president's staff regarding it."
>>
>> -Monte
>>

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