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December 9, 2013

Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike

Quite an informative interview by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! with Seymour Hersch on his recent article “Whose Sarin?”

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh joins us to discuss his new article casting doubt on the veracity of the Obama administration’s claims that only the Assad regime could have carried out the chemical attacks in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta earlier this year. Writing in the London Review of Books, Hersh argues that the Obama administration “cherry-picked intelligence to justify a strike against Assad.” 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.

Click on link to read Full Transcript: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/9/seymour_hersh_obama_cherry_picked_intelligence

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Al-Nusra Front chemical attack, Bashar al Assad, Obama cherry picked intelligence, Seymour Hersch, Syria chemical attack, T-Room, the t room, Whose Sarin?

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