[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18031]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IRAQ AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, today at 11 a.m. in Rayburn 2203 I will be 
hosting a briefing featuring two veteran intelligence officers to 
discuss the Bush administration's misuse of intelligence to justify the 
war in Iraq. The first speaker, Ray McGovern, is a 27-year veteran of 
the analytic ranks of the CIA who cofounded the Veteran Intelligence 
Professionals for Sanity. The second speaker, Andrew Wilkie, was a 
senior intelligence analyst at Australia's Office of National 
Assessment until his resignation a week before the war.
  The Bush Administration's recent blame shifting and back-pedaling on 
the Iraq uranium claim is profoundly embarrassing to this Nation. In an 
effort to protect the Bush presidency, Secretary Rumsfeld and National 
Security Advisor Rice have decided to blame CIA Director Tenet for not 
removing the ``16 words'' from the President's State of the Union 
address.
  They, of course, have completely neglected to mention that the claim 
was disputed by Tenet in October, 2002, and that the Vice President's 
office learned of the forged evidence back in February of 2002. They 
have refused to divulge what transpired during Vice President Cheney's 
multiple unusual visits to meet personally with CIA Iraq analysts, in 
which they reportedly felt pressured.
  It is time for the American people to know the truth, and today at 11 
a.m. in Rayburn 2203 we are going to continue on the path to get the 
truth.

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