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Iraq WMD War: Timeline 2007, video/audio, sources

by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

 2007 

• John Bolton (Washington D.C.) (senior fellow, AEI: American Enterprise Institute), interviewed by Jon Snow (London) (Channel 4 TV, London, January 11 2007, 7:00 p.m.), video {7:37, source}.

• Karen Kwiatkowski (Woodstock Virginia) (USAF 1983-2003, DoD NESA: Near East and South Asia directorate, May 2002-2003 February), interviewed by Scott Horton (Austin Texas) (blog) (Antiwar Radio, Wednesday February 12 2007), audio {30:13, 6.92mb.mp3 rss, source, source, archive} (Iraq/Iran). “Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski Ph.D. tells how she witnessed Douglas Feith and his WINEP/JINSA/AEI buddies deliberately lie the people of this country into war in Iraq.”

• Tyler Drumheller (CIA 25 years, 1980-2005, chief of european operations, July 2001-2005 March), interviewed by Joy Cardin (WPR: Wisconsin Public Radio, Ideas Network, Conversations with Joy Cardin, radio WHA studios, Madison Wisconsin, Thursday February 15 2007, 6-9am, at 7:10-8:00 a.m. CT) (“WHA (970 AM) is the oldest continually-operating radio station in the United States, currently the flagship of Wisconsin Public Radio’s talk-based Ideas Network”), audio {40:51, 9.54mb.rm, mp3, archive, search, search}, broadcast by 29 radio stations.

• Hans Blix, “Will The U.S. Attack Iran?” {pf, copy, copy} (The International Herald Tribune, Paris, February 19 2007).

• Robin Butler (Lord Butler of Brockwell) (Secretary, U.K. Cabinet Office, 1988-1998), speech (2:49-2:57 p.m. BT, columns 1230-1232) (U.K. Parliament, House of Lords, London, Thursday February 22 2007), debate, “Iraq” (Hansard, House of Lords, bound volume edition, 5th series, volume 689, 11:39-1:20 p.m., columns 1181-1206, 2:01-4:55 p.m., columns 1211-1262), reported, John Simpson (BBC world affairs editor), “New doubts over Iraq intelligence” {pf}, John Simpson, “Iraq: The Road to War,” BBC video (bb) {3:17 bb} {BBC player} (BBC News, March 20 2007). Robin Butler was chairman of the Butler Committee, appointed by Tony Blair, reporting to Tony Blair, which conducted (mostly secret) hearings and published a report (previewed and reflecting editorial changes requested by Tony Blair’s office), Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction {1.1mb.pdf, copy, 1.1mb.pdf} (“Butler Report” “Butler Review” “Butler Inquiry”) (U.K. Cabinet Office, Privy Council, Butler Committee, Report to the U.K. Parliament, House of Commons, HC 898, July 14 2004) (details here).

• Hans Blix, interviewed by Niall Stanage, “Blix Blasts Bush's Policy in Iran” {pf} (The New York Observer, February 26 2007), comment, Niall Stanage, “Don't misunderestimate them” {pf} (The Guardian, “Comment in Free,” London, February 26 2007). “Comment is free is a major expansion of Guardian comment and analysis on the web. It is a collective group blog, bringing together regular columnists from the Guardian and Observer newspapers with other writers and commentators representing a wide range of experience and interests. The aim is to host an open-ended space for debate, dispute, argument and agreement and to invite users to comment on everything they read.”

• Hans Blix, “Breakfast Briefing on Iran Crisis for Media Only”, “Hans Blix Assesses Strategic Options in Crisis With Iran” (The Century Foundation, Millennium U.N. Plaza Hotel, U Thant Room, 1 U.N. Plaza, 44th Street at First Avenue, New York City, February 26 2007, 8:15-9:15 a.m), reported, AP: The Associated Press, “Former U.N. weapons chief says U.S., Europe and Security Council are "humiliating" Iran” {pf} (The International Herald Tribune, Paris, February 26 2007).

• Hans Blix, Javad Zarif (Iran U.N., Ambassador), Richard Haass (President, CFR: Council on Foreign Relations), Jayantha Dhanapala, Sergio de Queiroz Duarte (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conferences, 1995, 2005), James Leach (Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1973-2007), Michael Krepon (Co-founder, President Emeritus, Henry L. Stimson Center), Sergey Batsanov (former Russian Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament), Paolo Cotta-Ramusino (Secretary-General, Pugwash Conferences on Science), Joseph Cirincione (Senior Vice President, CAP: Center for American Progress), conference, “Weapons Threats and International Security: Rebuilding an Unraveled Consensus” {pf} (audio links) (The Century Foundation, Millennium U.N. Plaza Hotel, 1 U.N. Plaza, 44th Street at First Avenue, New York City, February 26 2007, 9:30-5:00 p.m. ET), announcement, lunch panel (1:30-3:00 p.m.), Richard C. Leone, presiding (President, The Century Foundation), Richard Haass (President, CFR: Council on Foreign Relations), Javad Zarif (Iran U.N., Ambassador), Carla Anne Robbins, moderator (deputy editorial page editor, The New York Times), “Point/Counterpoint: A Nuclear-Weapons Free Iran,” audio {52:47, 6.89mb.mov, source}.

• Karen Kwiatkowski, interviewed by James Harris, Joshua Scheer, “Pentagon Whistle-Blower on the Coming War With Iran” {pf} (transcript) (Truthdig, Santa Monica California, Tuesday February 27 2007), audio {32:41, 29.93mb.mp3}.

• Hans Blix (Stockholm), interviewed by Paul Harris, “Hans Blix” (CBS, Radio KMOX (“News-Talk 1120”), The Paul Harris Show, St. Louis, Thursday March 2 2007, 2:00-6:00 p.m. CT), audio {13:31, 6.20mb.mp3, ditto, ditto, source, source, rss, rss}.

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Looking Ahead: Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction” (McKendree College, George E. McCammon Memorial Distinguished Speaker Series, Russel E. and Fern M. Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, Lebanon Illinois, Tuesday March 6 2007, 7:00 p.m.) (“Dr. Hans Blix has been postponed until 8:15 p.m. tonight. His flight has been delayed from Berlin, so unfortunately we will have to start 75 minutes late. Sorry for your inconvenience.”) (“In addition to his March 6 presentation, Blix will lecture McKendree students at 9 a.m. on March 7”), reported, Donna Savarese (studio), Matt Sczesny (McKendree), “Hans Blix at McKendree College” (CBS, KMOV-TV, News 4 at 10, St. Louis Missouri, March 6 2007, 10:00-10:35 p.m.), video {1:54, 6.46mb.wmv}, Angie Leventis, “Blix says time is right to reduce worldwide arms” {pf} (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 7 2007).

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Disarming Iraq: A firsthand account of the events leading up to the 2003 war” (SIU: Southern Illinois University, 2007 SIU School of Law Hiram H. Lesar Lecture, Student Center Ballrooms C and D, Carbondale, Wednesday March 7 2005, 5:00 p.m.), previews, announced (January 29 2007), invitation {557kb.pdf}, news conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m., reported, Jeff Cunningham (studio), Mary-Ann Maloney (studio), Carly O'Keefe (SIU), “Hans Blix speaks at SIU about Iraq and nuclear arms race” {pf} (CBS, KFVS-TV, Heartland News at 10, Cape Girardeau Missouri, March 7 2007, 10:00-10:35, at 10:00 p.m. CT), video {2:05, 7.46mb.wmv}, reported, Christa Stierwalt (studio), Andy Waterman (studio), Max Orenstein (reporting), “R.R.: Hans Blix at SIUC” {pf} (PBS, WSIU-TV, River Region Evening Edition, Carbondale Illinois, March 8 2007, 5:00 p.m. CT), video {2:05, 6.49mb.flv}, reported, Alejandro Gonzalez, “Inspector: Iraq war rushed: Weapons expert says United States should have been patient” {pf} (Daily Egyptian, SIUC, Carbondale, March 7 2007), Caleb Hale, “Former U.N. inspector shares views at SIUC” {pf} (The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, March 8 2007).

• Hans Blix (studio), interviewed Thursday March 8 2007 by Jerome McDonnell (Radio WBEZ, Worldview, CPR: Chicago Public Radio, broadcast Tuesday March 13 2007, 12:00/9:00 p.m. CT), audio {35:50, 16.41mb.mp3 rss, archive, rss}, and by satellite radio (XMPR: XM Public Radio, XM channel 133, March 14, 1:00 a.m. ET), Worldview satellite broadcasts began March 7 2007 {21kb.pdf}.

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), introduced by Charles L. Glaser (professor, deputy dean), “Time for a Revival of Disarmament?” (UC: University of Chicago, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago Illinois, Thursday March 8 2007, 4:00-5:30 p.m. CT), announced, rsvp, UC calendar (day), Harris calendar, photo, photo, reported, “Destruction of mass weapons” (UChiBlogo, University of Chicago Magazine's web log, March 12 2007).

• Hans Blix, interviewed in Brussels by Anna Botting, “Blix: US Held 'Witch Hunt'” (Sky News, “Inside Iraq,” London, Sunday March 11 2007), video, “Hans Blix Speaks To Sky” {5:26, 11.69mb.wmv}, Sky transcript, “'It Has Been A Tragedy',” reported, AP: Associated Press, “Blix: Britain Embellished Iraq Dossiers” (The Guardian, London, Monday March 12 2007), “U.N. inspector to speak at BSU” {pf} (Idaho Statesman, Monday March 12 2007).

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Looking Ahead: Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction” (BSU: Boise State University, Distinguished Lecture Series 2006-2007, Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, Boise Idaho, Monday March 12 2007, 7:00 p.m.) (“a crowd of about 1,600”), audio broadcast {59:59, 27.5mb.mp3, source, browse, search, search, search, stopped: rss menu} (Radio KBSX, NPR News 91, Boise State Radio, Monday March 19 2007, 8:00 p.m.) (“More opportunities to hear Hans Blix”), announced, detail, update, BSU calendar, Anne Wallace Allen, “Ex-weapons inspector Hans Blix to speak at BSU” {pf} (Idaho Statesman, March 7 2007), Michael Zirinsky “escorted Mr. Blix over the weekend” (ACE minutes), reported, Anne Wallace Allen, “Blix says U.S. should favor diplomacy: Former U.N. weapons inspector and his team in Iraq never found weapons of mass destruction” {pf} (Idaho Statesman, March 13 2007) (“"For me, it's an affirmation of the good information we had available to us before we went to war, and that we ignored," Jem Hern said”), Sonia Trevizo, “Looking ahead: Hans Blix lectures on diplomacy” {pf} (The Arbiter, March 15 2007), Julie in Boise, Sisyphus, Shane, TvA, “'Truth was a casualty in this war'” (Red State Rebels, “Resisting extremism in Idaho and the U.S. since 2003,” March 12 2007) (“a near-capacity crowd” 1995 seats) (“I didn't see a single protester outide the Morrison Center, despite the recent brouhaha over BSU's tilt toward liberal speakers. But Roger Furner of Meridian stood outside before the speech holding a sign which read "Hans Blix for President."”).

• Hans Blix (studio), interviewed March 12 2007 by Marcia Franklin, “Hans Blix/Weapons of Mass Destruction” (IdahoPTV: Idaho Public Television, Dialogue, Boise Idaho, eipsode 1323, show number 1119, Thursday March 15, 8:30-9:00 p.m. MT, Sunday March 18, 5:30-6:00 p.m.) (“Idaho’s only statewide public affairs program”), video (bb, uhi) {29:09, play 4.62mb.wmv, play 37.18mb.wmv, 194.25mb.wmv, archive, rss menu}, podcast video {66.61mb.mp4}, podcast audio {29:09, 21.9mb.mp3}, audio broadcast (Radio KBSX, NPR News 91, Boise State Radio, Sunday March 18, 11:30am-noon, Radio KISU, Monday March 19, 6:30-7:00 p.m.), rebroadcast, eipsode 1323, show number 1124, IdahoPTV, Thursday/Sunday April 19/22, Boise State Radio, Sunday April 22 2007.

• Hans Blix (studio), interviewed March 12 2007 by Bob Kustra (president, Boise State University), “Former U.N. Weapons Inspector, Hans Blix” (Radio KBSX, NPR News 91, Boise State Radio, New Horizons in Education, Boise Idaho, Friday March 16, 5:30-6:00 p.m. MT, Sunday March 18, 11:00-11:30 a.m.) {291kb.pdf}, audio {29:49, 13.72mb.mp3, rss menu, none: rss menu}, rebroadcast, Friday/Sunday May 25/27 2007, audio {29:51, 13.73mb.mp3}.

• Tyler Drumheller, Lawrence Wilkerson, John McLaughlin, interviewed by Brian Ross (chief investigative correspondent), introduced by Cynthia McFadden (host) (ABC News, Nightline, New York City, Tuesday March 13 2007, 11:35 p.m. ET), Nightline video segment, “The Reason For War” {10:04, 52.69mb.flv}, podcast video {52.32mb.mp4, video rss, audio rss, headlines rss, search} (“Was the U.S. drawn into war in Iraq because of a lie?”), Nightline video web extra, “Colin Powell's Case for War” {1:27, 4.04mb.flv} (“Curveball's tales became the centerpiece of this '03 speech to the U.N.”) (Colin Powell’s Curveball-sourced assertions, U.N. Security Council, February 5 2003), preview, Brian Ross, Charles Gibson (anchor) (ABC World News, March 13, broadcast 6:30 p.m. ET), broadcast video segment, “Curveball's Artificial Intelligence” {2:29, 8.24mb.flv, headlines rss} (“Ross examines the man whose lies led the Bush administration into the Iraq War”), preview, Brian Ross, Charles Gibson (ABC World News, March 13, webcast 3:00 p.m. ET), webcast video segment, “Meet Curveball, Whose Lies Led to War” {2:05, 5.85mb.flv} (“Brian Ross reports on the Iraqi defector who duped the CIA”), entire World News webcast for that day (3:00 p.m. ET): podcast video {17:32, 59.32mb m4v, rss}, audio {17:32, 6.02mb.mp3 at 8:32-10:41, rss}, reported, Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, “Exclusive: Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War” {copy} (ABC News, Brian Ross: The Investigative Team, The Blotter, March 13 2007) {archive, dispatches rss, video rss, audio rss}, Krista Kjellman, “Readers respond to our report on the Iraqi defector who fabricated evidence that led to war” (ABC News, The Blotter, March 14 2007).

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), presented by Mary Elizabeth Francis, Kay and Van Weatherspoon (Charlotte Museum of History & Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, Distinguished Speaker Series, 3500 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte North Carolina, Tuesday, March 13 2007, 8:00 p.m.), Steve Lyttle, “Few tickets left for Blix speech” {pf} (The Charlotte Observer, March 6 2007), reported, April Bethea, “Blix tells Charlotte Iraq had no WMDs” {pf} (The Charlotte Observer, March 14 2007), Jeremy Markovich (WCNC-TV producer), “Naming your cat "Hans Blix"” (WCNC.com blog, Charlotte North Carolina, March 14 2007).

• Lawrence Wilkerson (chief of staff to Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2005), interviewed by Brian Ross (chief investigative correspondent) (ABC News, Brian Ross: The Investigative Team, Brian Ross Investigates Webcast, New York City, March 14 2007), webcast video, “The Twisted Truth” (“Powell's Ex-Aide Scared of Cheney?”) {7:29, 21.29mb.flv, archive}, podcast video, “Colin Powell's Ex-Aide on Case for Iraq War” {7:29, 44.50mb m4v rss}.

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), private luncheon (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston Massachusetts, Wednesday March 14 2007), reported, Kevin Cullen, “Ex-UN inspector faults US on Iran” {pf} (The Boston Globe, March 15 2007).

• Hans Blix, remarks (speech, Q&As), “A Renewal of Disarmament? Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons” (Harvard University, sponsors: Kirkland House, IRC: International Relations Council, WCFIA: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, venue: Kirkland House, Junior Common Room, Cambridge Massachusetts, Wednesday, March 14 2007, 7:00 p.m. ET), photos, ditto, YouTube video (larger) (excerpt) {1:27, 3.88mb.flv, .flv, search, source, search, search}, reported, David K. Hausman, “In Speech, Blix Urges Disarmament” {pf} (The Harvard Crimson, March 15 2007) (“the only daily newspaper in Cambridge Massachusetts”).

• Disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson's Identity and White House Procedures for Safeguarding Classified Information (U.S. Congress 110-1, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Hearing, Friday March 16 2007, 10:00 a.m.), statements, Henry Arnold Waxman (chairman) {193kb.pdf}, Thomas M. Davis III (ranking minority member) {17kb.pdf, source}, witnesses, Valerie Plame Wilson (former CIA covert operations officer) {19kb html, pf, copy} (“In the run-up to the war with Iraq, I worked in the counter-proliferation division of the CIA, still as a covert officer, whose affiliation with the CIA was classified. I raced to discover solid intelligence, for senior policy makers, on Iraq’s presumed weapons of mass destruction programs. While I helped to manage and run worldwide operations against this WMD target from CIA headquarters in Washington, I also traveled to foreign countries, on secret missions, to find vital intelligence.”), James Knodell (Director, Office of Security, The White House), Bill Leonard (Director, Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration), Mark Zaid (attorney), Victoria Toensing (attorney, diGenova & Toensing; chief counsel, SSCI: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1981-1984; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1984-1988, head of the DoJ terrorism unit) {17kb.pdf, source}, background, “Disclosure of CIA Agent Identity” (committee timeline), Plame affair (Wikipedia), Joseph C. Wilson 4th, “What I Didn't Find in Africa” {pf, copy, copy} (The New York Times, July 6 2003), C-Span video {4:03:32, 237mb.rm, schedule, 199713145, 197169-1, search, rss}, committee video {4:14:15, 510mb.wmv}, transcripts {Lexis}: FNS transcripts (panel 1, panel 2, panel 3), CQ transcript (partial, panel-1, panel-1a, panel-1b).

• Hans Blix, “Annual Membership Dinner and Gathering with Dr. Hans Blix” (CFPA: Coalition for Peace Action, Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton New Jersey, Sunday March 25 2007, 5:00-9:00 p.m.), reported, Kasi Addison, “Weapons inspector calls for diplomacy in atomic age” {pf} (The Star Ledger, Newark New Jersey, March 26 2007), Courtney Gross, “Hans Blix still puts his faith in nuclear diplomacy: Former U.N. weapons inspector addresses Coalition for Peace Action” {pf} (The Princeton Packet, Princeton New Jersey, March 27 2007), Shiriram Harid, “Arms expert outlines military limitations” {pf, photo} (The Times of Trenton, Trenton New Jersey, March 28 2007).

• Hans Blix, “Is It Time for a Revival of Disarmament?” (Princeton University, sponsors: WWS: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, The Program on Science & Global Security, venue: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton New Jersey, Monday March 26 2007, 4:30 p.m. ET), video bb {1:17:20 bb, source, source}, notice, WWS calender (day, week, month, year), reported, Rory Kress Weisbord, “Blix blasts Iraq war, calls for nuclear disarmament” {pf, photo} (The Daily Princetonian, March 27 2007) (“a standing-room-only crowd in Dodds Auditorium”).

• Hans Blix, dinner remarks (speech, Q&As) at a one-day conference, “A World Beyond WMD?” (sponsor, PNA: Project for Nuclear Awareness, venue, NPC: National Press Club, Ballroom, 529 14th Street NW, Washington D.C., Wednesday, March 28 2007), Hans Blix, dinner remarks at 7:15 p.m., Q&As at 8:00 p.m. (dinner venue: NPC Holeman lounge, 6:15-8:30 p.m.).