Congressman Releases Searchable Database of 237 Specific Misleading Statements Made by Bush Administration Officials about the Threat Posed by Iraq

The Online Searchable Database can be found here.

Prepared at the direction of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Iraq on the Record is a searchable collection of 237 specific misleading statements made by Bush Administration officials about the threat posed by Iraq. It contains statements that were misleading based on what was known to the Administration at the time the statements were made. It does not include statements that appear mistaken only in hindsight. If a statement was an accurate reflection of U.S. intelligence at the time it was made, it was excluded even if it now appears erroneous.

Again, these are 237 purposefully misleading statements made by Bush Administration officials about Iraq. Ones that can be verifiably shown to be in conflict with intelligence analyses and other information they had access to at the time and since. Often the correct information was only available to the President and his people, but they did not share it. These are 237 deliberately misleading statements, not errors. 237 separate instances of deliberately misleading statements made by Bush Administration officials designed to convince the American people to go to war in Iraq. Clinton may have lied about an extramarital affair, but these guys have lied at least 237 different times in order to start a war that has killed more than 2000 Americans and continues to kill Americans every day. Clinton was impeached and nearly removed from office for lying about an extramarital affair. Bush and his people have lied at least 237 different times to start a war. Doesn't that warrant impeachment?