Classified-Briefings

WHIG Coordinates Systematic Deception in Classified Congressional Intelligence Briefings

| Importance: 9/10

In September 2002, the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) systematically coordinated efforts to manipulate congressional intelligence briefings, using legislative liaison Nicholas Calio to present fabricated and exaggerated intelligence claims about Iraq’s weapons capabilities. By strategically …

Karl Rove Nicholas E. Calio Karen Hughes Mary Matalin James R. Wilkinson +1 more whig congressional-deception classified-briefings war-authorization separation-of-powers +2 more
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