The Center for Public Integrity has counted the lies that took us into the Iraq War and stored them in a searchable database. All told the study found 935 lies told by Bush and 7 of his highest ranking officials and broadcast to the public via our shamelessly deferential and lazy media.
Other than Bush, the 7 liars named in the study are: Vice President Dick Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan.
The study was based on a searchable database compiled of primary sources, such as official government transcripts and speeches, and secondary sources -- mainly quotes from major media organizations. . . The study says Bush made 232 false statements about Iraq and former leader Saddam Hussein's possessing weapons of mass destruction, and 28 false statements about Iraq's links to al Qaeda.
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