And to think, Poppy got canned over ONE lie, albeit it was on the subject dearest to wingnuts, no-new-taxes. Shrub has gotten MULTIPLE passes on lies.
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http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070302/1045589.aspU.S. claims on N. Korea doubted
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, which has been accused of using false and exaggerated intelligence to make its case for invading Iraq, also may have inflated some of its allegations against North Korea to justify a hard-line policy toward the Stalinist regime.
President Bush claimed in 2002 that North Korea was producing highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons when there was no intelligence that it was doing so.
Now there are new questions about the administration's assertions that a bank in Macau knowingly laundered proceeds from North Korean narcotics trafficking, cigarette smuggling and counterfeit U.S. currency.
An audit of the Banco Delta Asia's finances by accounting firm Ernst & Young found no evidence that the bank had facilitated North Korean money-laundering.
The pronouncements raised questions about whether the administration has overstated its case against North Korea. ....
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