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Events (839)

• Late February-Early March, 2003: Retired Senator Predicts Ten-Year Occupation of Iraq
• October 8 and 11, 2002: Iraq, UN Dispute Conditions of Inspectors’ Return
• March 2002: Cheney Says Decision Has Been Made to Invade Iraq
• November 2002-March 2003: US Insists Any Violations of Resolution 1441 Should be Considered Cause for War
• October 2005: Former Powell Aide Calls for Legislation to Reform Inter-Agency and National Security Decision Making Processes; Strongly Criticizes Neocons in Bush Administration
• 1997-1998: Ahmed Chalabi Befriends Neoconservatives, Advocates Overthrow of Iraqi Government
• Late April or Early May 2002-June 2002: French Intelligence Investigates Purported Uranium Agreement between Iraq and Niger; Determines the Allegation Is Baseless
• Late September 2002: Iraqi Foreign Minister Tells CIA Status of Iraq’s WMD Program; Bush Uninterested in Reports
• Late March 2002: Cheney Says Middle East Opposition to War with Iraq Won’t Change Minds in Washington
• 2002-Early 2003: Cheney and Libby Make Visits to CIA Headquarters
• March 2001: Cheney’s Energy Task Force Eyes Iraq’s Oil Reserves
• 2001-2003: US Intelligence Bases Assessements on Information Provided by INC
• February 2002: Cheney to Inform Middle East Leaders of US Policy Towards Iraq; Will Not ‘Beg for Support’
• 2002: Cheney Replaces CIA Briefer; ‘Chills’ Agency
• September 2002: ’Office of Special Plans’ Created; ‘Stovepipes’ Questionable Intelligence Reports to Office of Vice President
• 2005: Iran-Contra Scandal Figures Discuss How to Avoid Being Caught in Future Covert Operations
• December 2006: Iraq Study Group Final Report Recommends Urgent Changes to Iraq’s Oil Industry; Report Rejected by Bush
• January 2009: White House Assumes Larger Role in ‘Shadow’ Government Plans
• Fall 2006: Cheney Meets with Lebanese Minority Figure to Discuss Undermining Syrian President
• 2001-2002: Vice President’s Staff Read Unedited Transcripts of NSA Intercepts
• 1980s: National Program Office Establishes Secret Line of Presidential Succession
• Between March 2001 and May 2001: Richard Clarke: Bush Officials Discuss CreatingCasus Bellifor War with Iraq
• April, 2001: James Watt Says Bush’s Environmental Policies Are Just Like His
• September 2001: White House Blocks EPA from Warning Citizens of Dire Toxin Threat; Block Benefits Halliburton
• March 2007: Journalist Calls Neocon Policy Paper ‘A Playbook for US-Israel Foreign Policy During Bush-Cheney Era’
• December 1990: Cheney Tells Congress the President Does Not Need Its Approval to Go to War
• Early January 2003: Pentagon Conducts Planning for Possible Nuclear Strike on Iraq
• March 2002: Presidential Panel Recommends Intelligence Agencies Be Transferred from Pentagon to CIA
• March 2007: Neoconservative Says War in Iraq is ‘Senseless’ without a ‘Regional Context’
• January 2007: ’Surge’ Plan Created by Neoconservative Think Tank
• 1994: Cheney Says US Occupation of Bagdad Would Have Led to ‘Quagmire’
• Mid-2007: Cheney Reportedly Considers Asking Israel to Launch Attack on Iran
• Mid-October, 2007: White House War Budget Request Apparently Targets Iran
• October 2006: MEK Providing Dubious Intelligence About Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
• February 2007: Head of Centcom Fallon Opposes Naval Buildup and Military Strikes against Iran
• October 2006: Cheney’s Office Refuses to Allow Iran NIE to be Released
• October 2006: Cheney Allegedly Says White House Will Get Around Any Congressional Opposition to Its Iran Attack Plans
• Late 2006-Fall 2007: Intelligence Community Drafts New National Intelligence Estimate Showing Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003
• 1976: Ford Gives Permission to Sell Nuclear Technology to Iran