Home > Programs
> Democracy
Now! > Tues., Sept 12, 2006
Democracy Now!
ATTN: ALL STATIONS
From: Democracy Now!
Re: Rundown 9-12-06
PRSS Channel: A67.7
The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the
Iraq War
The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling
of the Iraq War
The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the
Iraq War On the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001
attacks, President Bush took the occasion to claim success
in the "war on terror" and defend his decision to
invade Iraq. Now a new book has been released with new details
of what was happening inside the White House in the run-up
to the invasion. It's called "Hubris: The Inside Story
of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." The
book has already made headlines for exposing former Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage was the White House source
who outed CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson. We spend the
hour with the co-authors of the book, journalists Michael
Isikoff of Newsweek and David Corn of The Nation. [includes
rush
transcript]
Memorials across the country marked the fifth anniversary
of the September 11th attacks. On Monday morning, New Yorkers
held a moment of silence at 8:46 and again at 9:03 - when
the north and south towers were hit. At Ground Zero, police
and firefighters held a ceremony honoring their fallen colleagues.
Family members and partners read out the names of the 2,749
known victims who died in the attack on the World Trade Center.
President Bush began the day in New York where he attended
a ceremony at Fort Pitt firehouse. He went on to Pennsylvania,
where he placed a wreath near the crash site of United Flight
93. The President's day ended here in Washington, DC with
a visit to the Pentagon. Later in the evening, he addressed
the country in a nationally-televised prime time speech. President
Bush took the occasion to claim success in the "war on
terror" and defend his decision to invade Iraq.
- President Bush: "I am often asked why we are in
Iraq when Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the 9/11
attacks. The answer is that the regime of Saddam Hussein
was a clear threat. My Administration, the Congress, and
the United Nations saw the threat - and after 9/11, Saddam's
regime posed a risk that the world could not afford to take.
The world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in
power."
The President's comments come just days after a major Senate
Intelligence Committee report concluded Saddam Hussein had
no relationship with Al Qaeda despite the Bush administration's
claims. The report also disclosed for the first time the CIA
had concluded Saddam's government "did not have a relationship,
harbor or turn a blind eye toward" al-Qaida operative
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In fact Hussein tried to have Zarqawi
captured once he moved to Northern Iraq. The report's findings
on Iraq's pre-war weapons capability is expected to be released
after November's mid-term elections.
Amid this latest evidence the Bush administration ignored
its own intelligence to lead the country into war, a new book
has been released with new details of what was happening inside
the White House. It's called "HUBRIS: The Inside Story
of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." It's
already made headlines for revealing former Deputy Secretary
of State Richard Armitage was the White House source who outed
CIA operative Valerie Plame. We speak with book's authors
-- Michael Isikoff and David Corn.
- Michael Isikoff, investigative correspondent for Newsweek.
Co-Author of the new book Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin,
Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War.
- David Corn, Washington Editor of The
Nation magazine. He is the Co-Author of "Hubris:
The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the
Iraq War" He is also author of "The Lies of George
W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception." More
information at Davidcorn.com.
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
Our website is www.democracynow.org.
Our email address is mail@democracynow.org.
Democracy Now! is produced by Mike Burke, Sharif Abdel Kouddous,
Ana Nogueira, Elizabeth Press, Jeremy Scahill and Parvez Sharma.
Mike Di Filippo is our engineer.
Thanks also to Uri Galed, Angela Alston, Orlando Richards,
Simba Russeau, Johnny Sender, Rich Kim, Joe Murgio, John Randolph,
Chris Zucker, Karen Ranucci, Denis Moynihan, Eric Rweyemamu,
Jenny Filipazzo and Isis Phillips.
|
Listen
to the show
Help
whole
show
