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Friday, March 31, 2006 12:00 AM

"Saddam chose to deny inspectors"

Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled.
By Joe Conason

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  • Friday, March 31, 2006 07:25 AM

    What does "deny inspectors" mean?

    Does the phrase "deny inspectors" mean deny them entry into the country? If so, there would be some truth to the premise of your piece. Or, does it mean to deny inspectors access to some key sites in Iraq. This may, in fact, have been the case at times. Or does it mean to deny inspectors information about Iraq’s research and development activities from which the inspectors could draw conclusions regarding the existence (or nonexistence) of a WMD program. This was almost certainly the case. To call it a “bald-faced lie” is misleading at best.

    —JCH

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