WASHINGTON - The White House sought to deflect politically charged questions Wednesday about President Bush's use of prewar intelligence in Iraq, saying Democrats, too, had concluded Saddam Hussein was a threat.
"If Democrats want to talk about the threat that Saddam Hussein posed and the intelligence, they might want to start with looking at the previous administration and their own statements that they've made," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
He said the Clinton administration and fellow Democrats "used the intelligence to come to the same conclusion that Saddam Hussein and his regime were a threat."
McClellan made his comments one day after Senate Democrats sprung a surprise, forcing a rare closed-door session to dramatize their charge that Bush relied on faulty intelligence in the run-up to war and congressional Republicans have failed to sufficiently investigate.
YUP! That's right Scotty--It's all Clinton's fault. The only problem with your claim is that Clinton didn't invade and occupy Iraq after hearing all those falsified intelligence briefings. Your president--George Bush--did believe in these falsified intelligence briefs and decided to invade and occupy Iraq. Mr. Scott, your president's incompetence had gotten us into this morass. Don't try to blame Clinton on this.
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