Conservative columnist Robert Novak published his ‘Mission to Niger’ column exposing Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, citing ’two senior administration officials’ later identified as Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and White House advisor Karl Rove. The leak was …
Following Joseph Wilson’s July 6, 2003 New York Times op-ed ‘What I Didn’t Find in Africa’ exposing the false Niger uranium claims, the White House Iraq Group immediately mobilizes to discredit Wilson and his findings. WHIG members Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, both regular …
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Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans under Douglas Feith systematically fabricates intelligence linking Iraq to al Qaeda, coordinating directly with the White House Iraq Group to disseminate these false claims as authoritative intelligence. The Pentagon Inspector General found that OSP developed …
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Following the successful manipulation of Congress into authorizing the Iraq War, the White House Iraq Group formalizes its systematic deception apparatus as standard executive branch infrastructure for crisis governance, establishing constitutional precedents that enable ongoing democratic erosion. …
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Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans under Douglas Feith establishes regular coordination protocols with the White House Iraq Group to create an intelligence manipulation pipeline that bypassed traditional CIA vetting processes. OSP officials including Michael Maloof and David Wurmser met …
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The White House Iraq Group implements a systematic campaign to withhold contradictory intelligence assessments from congressional committees, ensuring legislators vote for war based on incomplete and misleading information. WHIG coordinates with intelligence agencies to suppress dissenting analysis, …
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The White House Iraq Group coordinates the delivery of systematically fabricated intelligence briefings to congressional intelligence committees, setting the foundation for legislative manipulation. Working through CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Council staff, WHIG ensures that key …
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