Lewis Libby

WHIG Coordinates Sunday Show Booking Blitz

2002-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The White House Iraq Group (WHIG) coordinated an unprecedented media manipulation campaign in September 2002 to build public support for the Iraq War. On September 7-8, 2002, top administration officials including Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld appeared on all five major Sunday news programs, delivering …

Dick Cheney Condoleezza Rice Donald Rumsfeld Richard Myers Richard Armitage +5 more propaganda whig corporate-contractor-relationships permanent-capture-infrastructure revolving-door-institutionalization +11 more

White House Iraq Group Formation Implements Powell Memo Crisis-Acceleration Model

2002-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card established the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) in August 2002, a strategic communications task force chaired by Karl Rove to coordinate a systematic propaganda campaign for the Iraq invasion. The group, including key officials like Condoleezza Rice and Lewis …

Andrew Card Karl Rove Condoleezza Rice Lewis Libby Karen Hughes +2 more whig crisis-acceleration powell-memo-implementation propaganda-coordination iraq-war +1 more