How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence
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The White House embraced the theory that aluminum tubes bound for Iraq were for nuclear centrifuges despite contrary views from America's leading nuclear scientists.
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Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence...
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The wiretapping deal is just the latest sign of how the White House is losing ground in the fight over wartime powers
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With House-Senate negotiators scheduled to start resolving major differences in two bills to restructure the nation's intelligence community, the White House has criticized key portions of each plan.
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U.S. News & World Report - LONDON-- The White House's plan to expand the U.S. ballistic missile defense shield to Europe is running into difficulties as the clock ticks down on George W. Bush's presidency. European governments have started a time-honored exercise in political expediency: distancing themselves from what is increasingly seen as a lame-duck U.S. administration. And the antimissile system could be the main casualty of that diplomatic dance--at least in the short term.
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WASHINGTON - Coming a month before the presidential elections, the final US report on Iraq&#39;s weapons capability quickly became a political tool as both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry&#39;s campaign used it to buttress their positions.
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The move is part of a broader effort by the White House to identify and slow key elements of Iran's weapons programs.
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The Bush administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment â newly authorized for export to Chinese companies â could instead end up helping China modernize its military.
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It has often fallen short of its aims when taking on presidents over military matters.
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The Bush administration was made aware as early as 2001 that the aluminum tubes used as critical evidence against Iraq were most likely not for nuclear weapons.
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WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion...
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Where scientists see selective research to suit Bush administration policies, the White House sees partisanship.
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BUDAPEST, Feb 19 (IPS) - The arguments put forward by the United States to   justify its project for a missile defence  base in Eastern  Europe are becoming less and less convincing to public  opinion  and experts  of the countries involved.
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Two influential lawmakers investigating how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death and how those details were disclosed accused the White House and Pentagon on Friday of withholding key documents and renewed their demand for the material.
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The White House said on Wednesday it  was &quot;deeply troubled&quot; by North Korea&#39;s recent test-firings of  short-range missiles, but Pentagon officials downplayed them as  &quot;routine&quot; and not provocative.
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White House officials today found themselves explaining recent remarks by the former top American administrator in Iraq.
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Support from allies becomes crucial in solving crises both nuclear and conventional