Bush Administration

Events (1484)

• July 2, 2003: Interior Secretary Releases Misleading Report on Park Service’s Maintenance Backlog 2003-07-02
• July 6, 2003: White House Denies Cheney Asked for Wilson Trip to Niger 2003-07-06
• July 6-10, 2003: White House Officials Work to Declassify Information to Debunk Wilson 2003-07-06
• July 6, 2003: Wilson Op-Ed Charges Bush Administration with Deliberately Lying about Iraqi Attempts to Procure African Uranium 2003-07-06
• 12:00 p.m. July 7, 2003: Libby Tells Press Secretary of Plame Wilson’s CIA Status 2003-07-07
• 9:22 a.m. July 7, 2003: Cheney Communications Director Sends Talking Points Concerning Wilson to White House Press Spokesman 2003-07-07
• July 7, 2003: White House Press Secretary Speaks with Conservative Columnist Novak 2003-07-07
• 8:45 a.m. July 7, 2003: Rove: White House Needs to Emphasize that Cheney Did Not Send Wilson to Niger 2003-07-07
• July 7, 2003 and After: Wilson Op-Ed Produces Strong Reactions 2003-07-07
• July 7-8, 2003: Cheney Revises Talking Points to Indicate Plame Wilson Sent Husband to Niger; Increases Chance that Reporters Will Learn Her Covert CIA Status 2003-07-07
• July 7, 2003: 9/11 Commission Denounces Lack of Cooperation, Chairman Complains about Government ‘Minders’ 2003-07-07
• July 7, 2003: White House Hedges over Yellowcake Claim 2003-07-07
• July 8, 2003 and After: White House Attacks Credibility of Wilson Report 2003-07-08
• July 8, 2003: Libby Meets with Cheney’s Chief Lawyer Immediately after Meeting with Reporter 2003-07-08
• 8:30 a.m. July 8, 2003: Libby Again Tells New York Times Reporter that Plame Wilson Is CIA Officer 2003-07-08
• July 8, 2003: Press Reports Claim that Cheney Did Not Send Wilson to Niger 2003-07-08
• July 8, 2003: White House Admits Error over Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim 2003-07-08
• July 9, 2003: Tenet Unhappy with Possible White House Leaks Blaming CIA for Intelligence Failures 2003-07-09
• July 9, 2003: Neoconservative Author’s Testimony Dismays 9/11 Commission Members and Staff 2003-07-09
• July 9, 2003: Bush Justifies Iraq Occupation in Light of White House Admission of ‘Error’; Makes Subtle Rhetorical Shift 2003-07-09
• July 9, 2003: Rumsfeld Gives Other Reason for Iraq Invasion to Senate Committee 2003-07-09
• On or Around July 10, 2003: Reporter to Wilson: White House Is ‘Coming after You’ 2003-07-10
• July 10, 2003: Cheney Aide: Wilson a ‘Snake,’ Bush Must Declassify Information to Discredit Him 2003-07-10
• July 11, 2003: White House Backs Away from Admission of Error; Says Admission ‘Biggest Mistake Administration Had Made’ 2003-07-11
• (July 11, 2003): White House Chief of Staff Directs Response to Iraq-Niger Uranium Controversy 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: Cheney Rejects Draft Statement by Tenet as ‘Unacceptable’ 2003-07-11
• 12:45 p.m. July 11, 2003: Time Reporter E-Mails Cheney’s Communications Director with Questions concerning Iraq-Niger Claims 2003-07-11
• 8:00 a.m. July 11, 2003: Press Secretary Tells Two Reporters of Plame Wilson’s CIA Identity 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: White House Press Secretary Learns of Plame Wilson’s Identity from Colleague 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003 and After: Author: Mainstream Media Follows White House Storyline on Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim 2003-07-11
• (July 11, 2003): Cheney Strategizes Possible Leak of NIE Information to Press 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: Conservative Columnist Asserts Cheney Sent Wilson to Niger 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: Novak Column Exposing Plame Wilson Possibly Becomes Available on AP Wire 2003-07-11
• After 11:07 a.m. July 11, 2003: Rove Alerts Deputy National Security Adviser of Reporter Questioning Iraq-Niger Claims 2003-07-11
• 11:00 a.m. July 11, 2003: Rove Attempts to Turn Iraq-Niger Story against CIA, White House Critic; Outs CIA’s Plame Wilson to Time Reporter 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: White House Media Officials Urge Reporters to Look into Origins of Wilson Niger Trip 2003-07-11
• July 11, 2003: Wilson Believes CIA Admission Will End His Press Notoriety 2003-07-11
• 3:09 p.m. July 11, 2003: CIA Officially Retracts Uranium-from-Africa Claim 2003-07-11
• July 12, 2003: Cheney Tells Libby to Use Classified Information to Discredit Wilson 2003-07-12
• 2:24 p.m. July 12, 2003: Libby Confirms Plame Wilson’s CIA Status to Time Reporter 2003-07-12
• July 12, 2003: Libby Speaks to Washington Post Reporter; May ‘Out’ Plame Wilson 2003-07-12
• 1:26 p.m. July 12, 2003: White House Press Secretary Reveals Plame Wilson’s CIA Identity to Post Reporter 2003-07-12
• July 13, 2003: New York Times Columnist Lambasts Bush’s Lack of Transparency over Iraq Admissions 2003-07-13
• July 13, 2003: Condoleeza Rice Again Blames CIA for Uranium-from-Africa Claim 2003-07-13
• July 14, 2003: White House Press Secretary: No One Can Say Whether Iraq May Have Sought Uranium in Africa 2003-07-14
• July 14, 2003: Columnist Outs CIA Agent, Apparently to Discredit Administration Critic 2003-07-14
• Before July 14, 2003: Two White House Officials Leak Plame Wilson’s CIA Status to Six Journalists 2003-07-14
• July 15, 2003: Conservative News Site Attempts to Discredit ABC Reporter by Revealing His Sexual Orientation, Nationality 2003-07-15
• July 16, 2003: White House Communications Staff Coordinates All Responses to 2004 Re-Election Campaign, Uses Conservative Columnists and Radio Hosts to Spread Talking Points 2003-07-16
• July 16, 2003: Columnist: Bush White House Deliberately Blew CIA Agent’s Cover in Act of Political Retaliation 2003-07-16