Margolis: A scandal greater than Watergate

[Sticky]

TORONTO SUN, February 1, 2004

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But active and retired CIA officers kept warning the public and media (including this writer) that intelligence on Iraq had been deeply manipulated and politicized by a cabal of pro-war neo-conservative ideologues in the Pentagon and the vice president's office. They were ignored.

A shadowy Pentagon intelligence unit was created by the neo-cons to whip up war fever against Iraq.


Though I detested Saddam, whose brutal secret police once threatened to hang me, I was incensed to see western democracies fabricating war propaganda.

I watched with disgust as so-called "Iraq experts" and neo-con propagandists....

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http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_feb1.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Finally, the other side talks

kick

[izzie]

2. Right on,I am so sick of this war stuff.

What a waste of people and goods.

[gristy]

3. That is a well-written, powerful column

It warrants wide distribution - I've emailed it to my network.

[jbfam4]

4. You are right

I just made a copy and will e mail to all in my address book...well, almost all.

[indepat]

5. A "historic malfeasance" which makes Watergate look like child's-play

or maybe Segretti-styled rat-f*****g in comparison?