Australian analyst testifies his government lied to make the case for war against Iraq
A parliamentary investigation in Australia into the intelligence information used to justify that country's participation in the attack on Iraq heard testimony from Andrew Wilkie, a former senior intelligence analyst. Wilkie resigned in March from Aurstralia's Office of National Assessment (similar to the US National Security Agency according to Reuters) "...in protest over Australia's case for war". According to a Reuters report carried on Yahoo Wilkie told the inquiry that ' "The government lied every time it skewed, misrepresented, used selectively and fabricated the Iraq story...The exaggeration was so great it was pure dishonesty..." '
Ain another statement quoted by Reuters Wilkie said, ' "The government was prepared to deliberately exaggerate the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and terrorism threat so as to stay in step with the United States. The Australian government misled the Australian public over Iraq..." ' Read the complete report.
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