June 04, 2003
Lee said, “The American people deserve to know the truth. The Bush Administration told the public, the United Nations, and the world that Iraq had tens of thousands of biological and chemical weapons and that Saddam Hussein was well on his way to acquiring nuclear weapons.”
“They claimed that justified a war and the sacrifice of far too many lives. Weeks later, we have searched hundreds of sites without finding these weapons. In a recent interview, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is quoted as stating, ‘For bureaucratic reasons we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.’ This nation shouldn’t be going to war because it was the one reason everyone in the Administration could agree on. That is a travesty of justice. Truth was definitely the first casualty in this war.”
“This resolution of inquiry asks the Administration to provide Congress with the proof behind its long list of statements. We should have had this proof before we were ever asked to vote on whether or not to send our troops to war. Both Congress and the American public deserve to know the truth. This resolution of inquiry seeks to find it.”
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Co-Sponsors Resolution of Inquiry to Demand Release of U.S. Intelligence on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) today signed on as a co-sponsor of a resolution of inquiry demanding the release of U.S. intelligence that provided supposed justification for the invasion of Iraq. The rarely-used procedure requires the House committee to which the resolution is assigned to respond within 14 days. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will introduce the resolution tomorrow.Lee said, “The American people deserve to know the truth. The Bush Administration told the public, the United Nations, and the world that Iraq had tens of thousands of biological and chemical weapons and that Saddam Hussein was well on his way to acquiring nuclear weapons.”
“They claimed that justified a war and the sacrifice of far too many lives. Weeks later, we have searched hundreds of sites without finding these weapons. In a recent interview, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is quoted as stating, ‘For bureaucratic reasons we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.’ This nation shouldn’t be going to war because it was the one reason everyone in the Administration could agree on. That is a travesty of justice. Truth was definitely the first casualty in this war.”
“This resolution of inquiry asks the Administration to provide Congress with the proof behind its long list of statements. We should have had this proof before we were ever asked to vote on whether or not to send our troops to war. Both Congress and the American public deserve to know the truth. This resolution of inquiry seeks to find it.”
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