Did you answer the DSCC's call for WMD questions??????? If you

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did then kudos, because I just sent the first 20 questions out that were in the

Research Forum under

DU Answers Sen. Durbin's Call for WMD Questions

If you didn't and would like to there is still time to do so.


The person that I spoke with at the DSCC said that this is still in progress and that more questions will be accepted. Also if you try to send the question on the web site it may not work, if this happens PM me with the question and I will use the email address provided to me by the DSCC for all future questions.

And Folks the person who I spoke with at the DSCC said - Thanks we're doing a great job. :toast:

If I get a response I will post it



Copy of email,

XXXX, here that email that we discussed a short while ago.


Once again thank you for all of your help.

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To whom it may concern, here is a list of questions that were collected at democraticunderground.com in response to this request. Please note that more questions will follow as needed. Here is the link for monitoring what kinds of questions that are being gathered before they are sent to this office.

Link to questions - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x387


1. Why are we using White Phosphorous?

2. Question for Secretary Paul O'Neill: You have stated that you were reading CIA intel on Iraq WMD for two years prior to your departure from the administration. You have also stated that the intel you saw was always carefully phrased and highly qualified. What differences did you notice between what you read and what was publicly claimed by the administration?

3. Question for President Bush: When did your administration know that the Niger Yellowcake claim was that; just a claim? Alt offered 11/11: What evidence did you have that the Niger letter was authentic? Whom offered that evidence and when? Conversely, by whom and when were suspicions raised about the letter?

4. Uranium in yellowcake form is likely years before it can be refined to the point considered necessary for viable imminent use in a nuclear weapon. IAEA weapons inspectors discovered and seized 500 metric tons of yellowcake in Iraq years prior to the start of the Iraq war. They then sealed and monitored this yellowcake every year. The seals were found every year to be completely intact and never touched. Why then would Iraq with this huge quantity already at their disposal be seeking additional yellowcake uranium in quantity up wards of 500 or more tons, and from a country capable of mining only 300 tons of uranium per year? The records of this kind of purchase equivalent to nearly two years total production of uranium would be almost impossible to conceal. Not only that, how would Saddam Hussein continue to process and enrich this uranium avoiding the watchful inspections in Iraq being conducted countrywide on a daily basis? How is it possible that these two such obvious facts certainly known to the CIA and DIA were manipulated into a plausible scenario and presented to the American people as arguably the single most urgent reason to initiate unilateral and imminently necessary war?

Here are a few links for reference:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32195-20...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/2004/i...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3002169.stm


5. Upon Bush's becoming president, Richard Clarke was retained as Bush's top anti-terrorism expert. You would think then as the expert entrusted with the task of analyzing intelligence data that his advice would be painfully examined, if not outright accepted. It was his instincts and expertise that foiled numerous terror attempts while working in the Clinton administration. Yet when he insisted to Bush that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with September 11th, Bush angrily told him to find him information on Iraq. Why did he totally ignore his own chief adviser of anti-terrorism?

6. For Vice President Cheney: There seems to be much evidence that the Niger letter was incorrect: Iraq already had yellowcake that was not used...the CIA had warned that the letter's point is insupportable and should not be used in speeches.... the Niger letter itself is easily determined to be a forgery.... and the CIA's envoy (Wilson) returned from a fact finding mission to Niger to state that the letter's claim is not substantiated. These were all known prior to the President's speech and prior to the invasion. What evidence did you have to the contrary that justified the administration position that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium from Niger?

7. Please define the word "imminent".

8.It has been mentioned over and over again including by Stephen. Hadley on 11/10/05 during WH press conference, that all previous administrations and other countries believed that S. Hussein had WMD's. According to testimony given by Richard Clark the number one concern in fighting terror in regards to the last administration (Clinton's) most urgent outgoing concern. Was the threat of Osama Bin Laden, Taliban, and al Quaeda as being the primary terror threats for the world, not Iraq and S. Hussein. At what point(s) did the administration shift it's focus the from primary threat as indicated by the experts to Iraq that was never at the top of the list as a threat, and what intelligence did the administration use to make this decision and how was this intelligence vetted?

9. ALL old intelligence is inoperable when facts on the ground are available. Why is everyone getting pulled into the old intel from Clinton debate when the ONLY intel that mattered were the FACTS being sent to the UN and to George Bush from the two months of weapons inspections from INSIDE Iraq?

10. On August 22, 1995 the Executive Committee Chairman of UNSCOM met with General Hussein Kamel , Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law. Kamel reported in a transcript of his testimony that all of Iraq’s WMDs were destroyed in 1991. Why was Kamel's testimony not taken seriously prior to the Iraq War? A copy of the transcript can be found here:

<http://www.fair.org/press-releases/kamel.pdf >

11. What military actions were ongoing against Iraq since the end of Gulf War I up to six months prior to the U.S. invasion "Operation Iraqi Freedom"? Give specific details.

12. What military actions were occurring in the six months prior to U.S. invasion? Give specific details.

13. Given the revelations that the administration paid pundits to promote their agenda on education reform, and that the administration also produced "news" that was aired or printed without proper attribution re: same and other domestic topics, and that a fake reporter names Jeff Guckert apparently had after-hours access to the WH, did the administration produce or pay for "news" pieces to support the Iraq invasion? If so, identify the specific pieces and persons involved.

14. Was any of the "intelligence" that was the basis for announcing upgrades to the threat level (post-9/11) and pre-invasion gained from torture? Was any of this intelligence later shown to be demonstrably false or exaggerated? Give specific details.

15. Was any of the "intelligence" purporting to support and justify the invasion gained from torture? Was any of this intelligence later shown to be demonstrably false or exaggerated? Give specific details.

16. Where are Iraq's "weapons" scientists now, and where have they been since the invasion? Have any of these scientists been tortured? Have any of the admin's claims about WMDs been based on statements these scientists have made after being tortured? Have any of these scientists been paid or given monies?

17. Examine statements made by Joseph Wilson regarding the Niger/uranium yellowcake claims. Do you agree or disagree with Joseph Wilson's factual analysis? Do you believe he is truthful? Provide specific points of agreement or disagreement.

18. Give specific details about construction of military bases in Iraq, specifically including when in pre- or post-invasion planning scenarios this was discussed, considered, ordered and acted on.

19. Examine reports of Italian and American journalists regarding the Niger/yellowcake claim and possible forged documents. Examine reports of Italian and other countries' intelligence agencies are the same. Do you agree or disagree with the factual analysis? Provide specific points of agreement or disagreement.

20. Each witness from the Administration should be asked:

"How much money are you making (profiting) from the war?"

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1. Renamed thread in better hopes of responses

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2. I'm taking a break from the DLC/DNC/DCCC/DSCC

'Cause I'm in donation overload, gonna take care of my guy in my sig line :hi:

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3. Thanks for replying to the thread and I can't believe that no one else

has any questions about the War for the administration.


Did the questions that were submitted sum it up for everyone? I highly doubt it, maybe I should rename the thread.:shrug:

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5. You're welcome....

I'm just having a "burn out" moment on DU :) But I'm still, always will be. a Dem :hug:

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4. I submitted mine but didn't record them here.

I can't even remember what questions I did submit.

Those twenty you list are excellent!!! :bounce:

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6. I might have listed one of the 20, but the others were submitted in the

Research Forum under DU Answers Senator Durbin's call for WMD's, if you can think of any more please post them there on the thread and the next batch will be sent hopefully before Christmas break.