Whigging out
The President's Iraq team fought to squelch war critics, the Duh Institute reports.
It was called the White House Iraq Group and its job was to make the case that Saddam Hussein had nuclear and biochemical weapons.
So determined was the ring of top officials to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad that took aim at critics who questioned its claims, such as Joe Wilson - husband of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Besides Rove and Libby, the group included senior White House aides Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin, James Wilkinson, Nicholas Calio, Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley. WHIG also was doing more than just public relations, said a second former intel officer.
"They were funneling information to [the WH's New York Times propagandist] Judy Miller. Judy was a charter member," the source said.
So determined was the ring of top officials to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad that took aim at critics who questioned its claims, such as Joe Wilson - husband of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Besides Rove and Libby, the group included senior White House aides Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin, James Wilkinson, Nicholas Calio, Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley. WHIG also was doing more than just public relations, said a second former intel officer.
"They were funneling information to [the WH's New York Times propagandist] Judy Miller. Judy was a charter member," the source said.
- from the NY Daily News.
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