The Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism released a study today that shows Bush administration officials gave out hundreds of false statements relating to the threat posed by Iraq between 2001 and 2003:

“The study concluded that the statements ‘were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.’

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration's position that the world community viewed Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat."

I don’t know about you, but I’m so glad that investigative journalists are asking the tough questions and getting to the truth behind Bush’s rhetoric about justification for war in Iraq…four years too late.