OSP Fabricates Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection Intelligence for WHIG Distribution

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

The Office of Special Plans (OSP), under Douglas Feith’s leadership, systematically fabricated intelligence reports claiming non-existent operational connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda. These fabricated assessments, contradicting CIA and FBI intelligence, were intentionally distributed to the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) to manipulate public and political support for the Iraq War. A 2007 Pentagon Inspector General report later confirmed these assessments were ‘inappropriate’ and inconsistent with established intelligence community consensus, revealing a deliberate strategy of intelligence manipulation to justify military intervention.

Key Actors

Douglas Feith Paul Wolfowitz Donald Rumsfeld Dick Cheney Karl Rove Condoleezza Rice White House Iraq Group Office of Special Plans

Tags

osp whig intelligence-fabrication iraq-alqaeda-connection propaganda-distribution iraq-war-justification pentagon-manipulation

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