We also learned in 2007 that Bush and Cheney were doing more in Iran than threatening it:
"Explosive" new Hersh scoop: Bush funneling money to Al Qaeda-related groups [VIDEO]
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/18963
Report: U.S. Sponsoring Kurdish Guerilla Attacks Inside Iran
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/20561
IRAN LIES
And we heard lots of lies about Iranian roadside bombs in Iraq or Iranian activities in Iraq or Iranian nuclear weapons. As each lie failed to stick, it was forgotten and replaced with a new one. But who will hold our so-called elected leaders accountable for the ones we were smart enough not to believe?
More Cheney War Lies Exposed - And This Time Pre-War
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/23528
Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran NIE
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/28544
IRAQ LIES: NEW EVIDENCE
This is such fertile ground that although no more evidence is needed, it just keeps piling up. In fact, some of the old evidence is being buried In 2007 the White House deleted from its website the old claims by Cheney that Iraqis would welcome an occupation "as liberators" and so forth.
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/18991
But deleting old Cheney lies only goes so far, when he keeps repeating them. In 2007, Cheney was still claiming that Iraq was to blame for 9-11.
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/19629
The closest Congress came to touching the topic was a brief Senate committee hearing on a report on the Pentagon written by... the Pentagon. Even that report was fairly damning:
http://dodig.mil/IGInformation/archives/Unclass%20%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
It dealt with the Feith Based Intelligence work of Doug Feith:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/18368
Pentagon Report Corroborates the Downing Street Memo, Intelligence and Facts Fixed Around the Policy!
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/20958
Also in 2007, all pretense was abandoned that the invasion of Iraq was not driven by oil, as the Bush Administration and Congress pressured the puppet Iraqi government to pass a new law turning over much of the oil to foreign corporations: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/22838
Here's the text of the law:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/19017
And, of course, the original lies continued to be documented:
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