We have a right to know!
Regardless of the answer of whether the administration did or did not manipulate the intelligence prior to the Iraq War, the public has a right to know. If the administration would lie about WMD or Al Qaeda, what about tax cuts, social security reform? From Media Matters. Org Led by Roberts, conservatives continued to falsely claim government reports found that Bush administration didn't manipulate intelligence In recent days, conservative pundits have repeated the false claim -- now advanced by Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) -- that government investigations have already cleared the Bush administration of "manipulat[ing]" intelligence in 2002 and 2003 as it made the case for the war in Iraq. In fact, while several reports found that analysts felt no "pressure" from senior policy-makers in reaching their intelligence assessments -- a conclusion that has since been challenged by several senior intelligence officials -- no government ...