Weapons of mass deception/external links

These external links provide additional information and documentation for the SourceWatch essay on Weapons of mass deception.


 * Joshua Green, "The Other War Room," Washington Monthly, April 2002.
 * Charlotte Beers, "Funding for Public Diplomacy," Statement before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State of the House Appropriations Committee, Washington, DC, April 24, 2002.
 * Franklin Foer, "Flacks Americana: John Rendon's Shallow PR War on Terrorism," The New Republic, May 20, 2002.
 * "Weapons of Mass Deception: Bush is Fuzzing a Critical Distinction" by Conn Hallinan, Opinion Piece/Global Beat Syndicate/Foreign Policy in Focus, June 25, 2002.
 * George Tenet, letter to Bob Graham, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, October 7, 2002.
 * The US Media: A Weapon of Mass Deception by Gordon Arnaut, Media Monitors Network, September 11, 2002.
 * Gordon Trowbridge and William Berry, "Your Views on Invading Iraq," Navy Times, September 30, 2002.
 * Nov. 11 Statement by Pat Robertson on The 700 Club, PatRobertson.com, November 14, 2002.
 * "Weapons of Mass Deception Letters at 3AM" by Michael Ventura, Austin Chronicle, November 29, 2002.
 * "Selling the Iraq War to the U.S.," CBS News 60 Minutes, December 12, 2002.
 * Robert Dreyfuss, "The Pentagon Muzzles the CIA," The American Prospect, vol. 13, issue 22, December 16, 2002.
 * "Weapons of mass deception."Britain's anti-terrorism campaign exposes the British government's cynicism and hypocrisy, writes Gavin Bowd, Al-Ahram Weekly On-Line, December 19-25, 2002.
 * Michael Dobbs, "U.S. Had Key Role in Iraq Buildup," Washington Post, December 30, 2002.
 * "President Distances Himself from Comments About Islam," Christian Times, January 2003.
 * "U.S. Propaganda Pitch Halted," CBS News, January 16, 2003.
 * Randall Mikkelsen, "U.S. Revs Up PR Machine as Iraq War Looms," Reuters, January 24, 2003.
 * Al Kamen, "Sticker Shock," Washington Post, January 31, 2003.
 * "Weapons of mass deception" Editorial, The Daily Observer (Banjul), February 6, 2003.
 * Michael White and Brian Whitaker, "UK War Dossier a Sham, Say Experts," Guardian (UK), February 7, 2003.
 * "Leaked Report Rejects Iraqi al-Qaeda Link," BBC News, February 5, 2003.
 * Glenn Frankel, "Blair Acknowledges Flaws in Iraq Dossier," Washington Post, February 8, 2003, p. A15.
 * Rosemary Bennett and Elaine Monaghan, "Iraq Dossier Assembled by Junior Aides," Times (UK), February 8, 2003.
 * Raymond Whitaker, "MI6 and the CIA: The New Enemy Within," New Zealand Herald, February 9, 2003.
 * Gaby Hinsliff, Martin Bright, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy, "First Casualties in the Propaganda Firefight," Observer (UK), February 9, 2003.
 * Transcript of Osama Bin Laden Tape Recording, ABC News, February 11, 2003.
 * Don Feder, "Why We Keep Getting Islam Wrong," speech to Christian Coalition Symposium On Islam, "Muslims And The Judeo-Christian World, Where Do We Go From Here," February 15, 2003.
 * Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, "U.S. Needs More International Backing" (opinion survey findings), February 20, 2003.
 * Patrick Cockburn, "Shia Muslims Say They Will Rebel Against Saddam if US Invades," Independent (UK), February 21, 2003.
 * Todd S. Purdum, "To Bush, the Crowd Was a Blur," New York Times, February 23, 2003.
 * National Security Archive, "U.S. Documents Show Embrace of Saddam Hussein in Early 1980s Despite Chemical Weapons, External Aggression, Human Rights Abuses" (news release), February 25, 2003.
 * Michael Kilian, "All's Fair in Psychological Warfare," Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2003.
 * Mike Allen, "Bush's Distaste for News Conferences Keeps Them Rare," Washington Post, March 7, 2003, p. A20.
 * New York Sun, "Editorial," February 6, 2003.
 * "News Conference Scripted and Reporters Silenced," Democracy Now radio, March 7, 2003.
 * "Scripted Press Conferences and the Lapdog Media," Buzzflash.com, March 7, 2003.
 * Joseph Cirincione. "Why We Are In Iraq", Speech at American University, March 23, 2003.
 * Joseph Galloway, "Risks of Iraqi War Emerging," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 2003.
 * Joshua Micah Marshall, "Practice to Deceive," The Washington Monthly, March 27, 2003.
 * Eric Alterman, "The Chickenhawks' War Comes Home to Roost," MSNBC, March 31, 2003.
 * Betrayal of Trust - George Lakoff, 2003/09/15
 * Charles J. Hanley, "Powell's battle cry fails test of time," Associated Press, August, 10, 2003.
 * Barton Gellman and Walter Pincus, "Depiction of Threat Outgrew Supporting Evidence," Washington Post, August 10, 2003.
 * Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), "Iraq" (list of articles)
 * "Weapons of Mass Deception" FireThisTime.org web article.
 * David Corn's book, The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception..