Thomas B. Edsall and Max Follmer, Huffington Post
Four former CIA officials who provided intelligence information to past presidents described as preposterous President Bush’s claim that he was unaware until very recently that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Melvin Goodman, who worked for the CIA from 1966 to 1990 and now is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.
President Bush was told in August that Iran’s nuclear weapons program “may be suspended,” the White House said Wednesday, which seemingly contradicts the account of the meeting given by Bush Tuesday.
…The new account from Perino seems to contradict the president’s version of his August conversation with McConnell and raised new questions about why Bush continued to warn the American public about a threat from Iran two months after being told a new assessment was in the works.
Dana Perino did something you’re not supposed to do in George W,’s DC, he told the truth. I just wonder how long it’ll be before he disappears, like the CIA tapes?
Dana Perino had the impossible task of defending Bush. How can you defend a pathological liar?