Did Santorum Display Classified Documents on Fox News?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2006 When Pa Sen Rick Santorum went on Fox to make what turned out to be a bogus claim about WMDs in Iraq, did he violate federal law by holding classified documents up to the camera? Greg Sargent has more . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox News Debunks Santorum’s WMD Claim

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 Mere hours after Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) announced breathlessly at a press conference that ?we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,? a Fox news reporter found out that Santorum was hyping a document that describes degraded, pre-1991 munitions already acknowledged and dismissed by the White House?s Iraq Survey Group. Watch Santorum dissemble when confronted with these truths on air. (h/t: Think Progress) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish – WMDs

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Rumsfeld Lies About WMD Statement

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ray McGovern

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2006 Truthdig salutes Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who articulated the outrage of a nation by publicly and heroically challenging Donald Rumsfeld's lies about Iraqi WMD. Click here for the full report. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Former CIA Agent Calls Rumsfeld Out on Iraq Lies

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2006 The secretary of defense was unable to defend himself when a 27-year CIA veteran confronted him with a false claim Rumsfeld made in 2003 about Iraqi WMDs. Stunning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Spy Speaks Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2006 The CIA's former top covert official in Europe tells "60 Minutes" the White House turned a blind eye to evidence that Saddam Hussein did not have WMDs: "The idea of going after Iraq was U.S. policy. It was going to happen one way or the other." Watch it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CIA Agent on ’60 Minutes’: Bush Ignored WMD Evidence

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2006 The former highest-ranking CIA officer in Europe tells Ed Bradley that the White House ignored intelligence that said there were no WMDs or an active weapons program in Iraq. The interview airs on CBS Sunday, April 23. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Bush’s Nutty Nuclear Braggadocio

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 19, 2006 "A once swaggering president, who so convincingly wielded a bullhorn and modeled a flight suit, now has assumed the pretzel pose of a supplicant attempting to cajole our old enemy in Tehran into dropping its nuclear ambitions while simultaneously initiating talks with Iran aimed at bailing us out in Iraq." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McClellan Wants Media to Apologize for Trailers Story

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 The White House spokesman said news networks should apologize for reporting on the Washington Post's story about the phony Iraqi weapons trailers. But when reporters quizzed him on what Bush knew and when he knew it, McClellan ducked the question. Dig deeper

Molly Ivins: White House Whopper Becomes Instant Classic

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 "Personally, I think this is a really good time not to keep up. The more you try, the less sense it makes." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Pushed Discredited Iraqi Weapons Trailers Claim

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Bush claimed that two small trailers found after the invasion of Iraq vindicated his claim of banned WMDs--but intelligence officials had already concluded that the trailers were bogus. The Washington Post has the scoop. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )