[sbov]

Regarding the aluminum tubes: the DOE's analysis, which found that they probably weren't used to enrich uranium, was classified. However, the CIA's analysis that it probably was used to enrich uranium wasn't. The two findings were released within a day of each other, back in 2001.

Because the former was classified, when congress decided to go to war, they were not presented with the DOE's findings. Only the CIA's.

If not nefarious, what would you call this? Convenient?

[personZ]

This thread hilariously earned me a glorious slowban. Hacker News literally descends into yet another conspiracy site.

However why don't you contrast your comment with mine. Are you actually countering anything I've said?

No, you actually aren't. But somehow in these sorts of black/white discussions people think they can find one sort-of thing and then say "aha". Hardly.

[sbov]

Yes I am. You claimed there was no nefarious conspiracy. I claimed that hiding information from congress when they're deciding to go to war shows the opposite. I would label anyone doing the same when the consequences are so high (thousands of lives) as such.

Since you seem to disagree, I wanted to know how you classify the hiding and twisting of this, and other pieces, of information.

Also, you need to realize that not everyone viewed the administration in the same light as you apparently did back then. My peer group was split close to 25/25/50 on them being: lying bastards, well intentioned but full of shit, and justified. But we were only in our early 20s. Older people seemed to be more accepting of what they were saying.