The White House lied to the public according to the former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee

Former Senator Bob Graham, who was still in office when the war preparation was undergoing, has come out publicly with his criticism of the White House saying:

"This was one of the most reprehensible and damaging breaches of American security in modern times," said Graham, who was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the fall of 2002, when the administration made its case for war against Iraq.
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Asked directly if White House officials lied to the public about Iraq intelligence, Graham said "yes."

He said the administration suppressed "all the nuance" and internal disagreement among intelligence agencies over whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, then exaggerated the threat and covered up their activities.
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Graham said Friday he was "suspicious" about the intelligence reports on the Iraqi threat he saw during the fall of 2002.

He voted against the war resolution, saying Iraq would drain resources from the war on terrorism.

"The administration did not want the best judgment of the intelligence community," Graham said.

"This was an administration that wanted to be blind going into this war. They did not want to have the most credible assessment of what was the reality of the case for war and the consequences of war."

Since he voted not to give the president the authority to go to war in Iraq I tend to believe him and his version of the facts, also because in the end, he was right.

And not having voted to authorize the current oil-war, he has even more credibility then, say, Hillary Clinton, for a 2008 presidential run, for which he's considered a potential candidate.

He also had this to say about the Plame-scandal:

"It's impossible to believe that Scooter Libby would have done this on his own, but rather this was part of a larger conspiracy to attempt to discredit Joseph Wilson," Graham said.

Graham called on Cheney to "defend and explain himself" in the wake of the indictment of Cheney's top aide, Lewis Libby, on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case.

So Mr. Vice President, what did you know and when, and what was your role in the leak?

PS: it looks like the Democrats have finally realized that the public is fed up with the Iraq debacle and that it is finally waking up to this administration's shrewdness when it comes to getting what they want. The public is with us and, hopefully, we'll be able to take Congress back next year and the White House in 3 more. Keep your fingers crossed...