Political Quotes

“at noon today, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that proved evidence of two things: first, the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq was fundamentally misleading and deceptive and not supported by the underlying intelligence; second, the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee continues to put the political interests of the Bush White House ahead of the security of the American people. According to today's report, the Bush administration desperately sought to prove a link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in order to shore up public assertions being made by the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, and other senior administration officials. But from this report which was made public today, at noon, we know these assertions directly contradicted the best assessments of our intelligence experts. In short, the facts were not there to show any connection between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. It is clear: The administration knew or should have known it was misleading America in its effort to make the case for a war in Iraq. Just as significant, today's report shows America what you get with a Republican-led Congress. What do you get? You get the White House refusing to declassify information. And you find that in this report. You find that the White House refuses to declassify information that would embarrass them 2 months before a midterm election.…”