Study tallies Bush’s ‘false’ Iraq claims
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued “at least 935 false statements” about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study concluded the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.” The study was posted at www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/ by the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said he had not seen the study and had no comment on its merits.
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