This piece features an interview with David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, about a press conference held Tuesday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush and Blair both both denied the claims in the July 2002 Downing Street Minutes, but stopped short of saying the minutes themselves were inaccurate. Were high level British intelligence officials trying to mislead Tony Blair by saying President Bush was already preparing for war with Iraq and was "fix"-ing the intelligence to create support for an invasion? Or are Bush and Blair being less than truthful about this? David Swanson airs his feelings on the matter.
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This piece features an interview with David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, about a press conference held Tuesday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush and Blair both both denied the claims in the July 2002 Downing Street Minutes, but stopped short of saying the minutes themselves were inaccurate. Were high level British intelligence officials trying to mislead Tony Blair by saying President Bush was already preparing for war with Iraq and was "fix"-ing the intelligence to create support for an invasion? Or are Bush and Blair being less than truthful about this? David Swanson airs his feelings on the matter.
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This piece airs on KUNM/Albuquerque 6/8/05 PM.
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Suggested intro: At a press conference Tuesday in Washington, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush were asked about the authenticity of minutes from a July 2002 meeting in London in which top British officials said President Bush had already decided to invade Iraq. In the press conference, Bush and Blair both denied the claims, but stopped short of saying the minutes themselves were inaccurate. Independent Reporter Jim Williams talked with David Swanson, co-founder of After-Downing-Street-dot-org, a website created to draw attention to the meeting minutes. He has this report.
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Williams: David Swanson, Prime Minister Tony Blair Tuesday said this:“no, the facts were not being fixed in any shape or form at all”…but the minutes say, very clearly, quoting Blair’s own head of intelligence, Sir Richard Dearlove, “the intelligen...
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