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December 9, 2013

Report: Obama Admin "Cherry-Picked" Intel on Syria Chemical Strike 
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A new report says the Obama administration may have misled the public on
the chemical attack in Ghouta, Syria, earlier this year. Writing in the
London Review of Books, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh says the
Obama administration "cherry-picked intelligence" to justify its
threatened attack on the Assad regime, which it ultimately never carried
out. Hersh says the administration failed to disclose it knew Syrian
rebels in the al-Nusra Front had the ability to produce chemical
weapons. Evidence obtained in the days after the attack was also
allegedly distorted to make it appear it was gathered in real time.
We'll have more on this story with Seymour Hersh after headlines.

 

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