Questioner Busts Rumsfeld... Claimed To Know Where WMD Were In 2003, Now Denies It...

Crooks And Liars May 4, 2006 at 04:33 PM
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Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq. He also tries to use the troops in his defense, a terrible strategy, but not uncommon unfortunately....Rumsfeld: ...it appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction there.

Q: You said you knew where they were.

Rumsfeld: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were and -

Q: You said you knew where they were. Tikrit, Baghdad, northeast, south, west of there. Those are your words.

Rumsfeld: My words-my words were that-no-no, wait a minute--wait a minute. Let him stay one second. Just a second.

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