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Former CIA officers report Bush ‘didn’t give a fuck about intelligence’
By Sidney Blumenthal, The Salon On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam’s…
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Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act
John Byrne, Raw Story A federal court struck down part of the USA Patriot Act Thursday, saying a provision that barred those receiving “National Security Letters” from discussing them was unconstitutional. …U.S. District Court Judge Victor Marrero wrote, “In light of the seriousness of the potential intrusion into the individual’s personal affairs and the significant…
