Congress of the United States of America, Letter from Congress regarding Downing Street memo (2005)
“ We have of course known for some time that subsequent to the invasion there have been a variety of varying reasons proffered to justify the invasion, particularly since the time it became evident that weapons of mass destruction would not be found. ”
Congress of the United States of America, Letter from Congress regarding Downing Street memo (2005)
“ British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw acknowledged that the case for war was "thin" as "Saddam was not threatening his neighbours and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea, or Iran." A separate secret briefing for the meeting said that Britain and America had to "create" conditions to justify a war. ”
Congress of the United States of America, Letter from Congress regarding Downing Street memo (2005)
“ We write because of troubling revelations in the Sunday London Times apparently confirming that the United States and Great Britain had secretly agreed to attack Iraq in the summer of 2002, well before the invasion and before you even sought Congressional authority to engage in military action. While various individuals have asserted this to be the case before, including Paul O'Neill, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and Richard Clarke, a former National Security Council official, they have been previously dismissed by your Administration. ”
