Rumsfeld Lies About WMD Statement
The secretary of defense tries to rewrite history regarding his claim about "suspect sites" of Iraqi WMD. This is the same thing that Ray McGovern nailed him on earlier in May.
The secretary of defense tries to rewrite history regarding his claim about “suspect sites” of Iraqi WMD.
This is the same thing that Ray McGovern nailed him on earlier in May.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...ThinkProgress:
Last night on CNN?s Larry King Live, Donald Rumsfeld was asked about 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern, who recently told the Secretary of Defense he lied when he said he knew where the WMD were located in Iraq in March 2003. Rumsfeld refused to acknowledge his error and falsely claimed he was talking about ?suspect sites.? Watch it:
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