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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 116
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HON.
RON PAUL OF TEXAS
BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 2, 2005
Big Lies and Little Lies
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Scooter Libby has been indicted for lying.
Many
suspect Libby, and perhaps others, deliberately outed Joe Wilson’s wife
as a
covert CIA agent.
This was done to
punish and discredit Wilson for bringing attention to the false
information
regarding Iraq’s supposed efforts to build a nuclear weapon —
information made
public in President Bush’s State of the Union message in January 2003.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was chosen to determine if
this
revelation regarding Valerie Plame, Wilson’s wife, violated the
Intelligence
Identification Protection Act.
The
actual indictment of Libby did not claim such a violation occurred.
Instead, he has been charged with lying and participating in a
cover-up
during the two-year investigation.
I
believe this is a serious matter that should not be ignored, but it is
not an
earth-shattering event.
2005 Ron Paul 116:2
This case, like almost everything in Washington, has been driven by politics — not truth,
justice, or
the Constitution.
It’s about
seeking political power, pure and simple, not unlike the impeachment
process
during the last administration.
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There are much more serious charges of lying and cover-ups that deserve congressional attention.
The country now knows the decision to go to
war in Iraq was
based on information that was not factual.
Congress and the people of this country were misled.
Because of this, more than 2,000 U. S. troops and many innocent
people
have died.
Tens of thousands have
been severely wounded, their lives forever changed if not totally
ruined.
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The lies Scooter Libby may or may not have told deserve a thorough investigation.
But in the scheme of
things, the indictment about questions regarding the release of Valerie
Plame’s name, a political dirty trick, is minor compared to the
disinformation
about weapons of mass destruction and other events that propelled us
into an
unnecessary war.
Its costs — in
life, suffering, and money — have proven to be prohibitive.
2005 Ron Paul 116:5
The Libby indictment, unless it opens the door to more profound questions
concerning
why we went to war, may serve only as a distraction from much more
serious
events and lies.
2005 Ron Paul 116:6
The decision to go to war is profound.
It
behooves Congress to ask more questions and investigate exactly how the
President, Congress, and the people were misled into believing that
invading
Iraq was necessary for our national security.
2005 Ron Paul 116:7
Why do we still not know who forged the documents claiming Saddam Hussein
was about
to buy uranium from Niger?
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Was this information concocted by those who were overly eager to go to war?
2005 Ron Paul 116:9
Why was CIA reluctance regarding this assessment ignored, allowing it to be
presented by the President as a clincher for our need to go to war?
2005 Ron Paul 116:10
Other reasons used to justify the war deserve equal attention, since the
results have
been so painful for our country.
2005 Ron Paul 116:11
If lies were told to justify the invasion of Iraq, the American people
deserve to
know the truth.
Congress has a
responsibility to seek this truth and change our policies accordingly.
The
sooner this is done the better.
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