Nation goes to war under false pretenses

For most of you, this is lots of rehash, however a front page story on Yahoo News deserved to be posted...

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jan 23, 6:43 AM ET

WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.

...935 false statements in a two-year period.

The rest...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/misinformation_study