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050 00 $aDS79.76$b.B36 2004
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100 1 $aBamford, James.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82046122
245 12 $aA pretext for war :$b9/11, Iraq, and the abuse of America's intelligence agencies /$cJames Bamford.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $a420 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"From the mishandling of the pre-9/11 threat to the unproven claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, Bamford argues that the Bush administration has co-opted the intelligence community for its own political ends, and at the expense of American security. Bamford makes the case that the Bush administration's Middle East policy decisions, from overthrowing Saddam to ignoring the situation of the Palestinians, are driven by long-held beliefs and goals of an elite group of conservatives inside and outside of government." "A Pretext for War homes in on the systematic weakness that led the intelligence community to ignore or misinterpret evidence of the impending terrorist attacks of 9/11 - a failure rooted in the refusal to acknowledge the central role of the Palestinian cause in igniting Arab rage against the United States. Compounding the errors, the Bush administration's immediate response to 9/11 was to call for an attack on Iraq, and it subsequently invented justifications for the preemptive war that has ultimately left the United States more vulnerable to terrorism."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003059
650 0 $aIntelligence service$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067179
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071
852 00 $bleh$hDS79.76$i.B36 2004