Could be very problematic for the Bush administration
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Lost Opportunity?
On the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Defense officials were offered a secret, back-channel opportunity to talk peace with Saddam
NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE
Nov. 5 — A key member of a secret Bush administration intelligence unit arranged a meeting earlier this year between a top Pentagon official and a wealthy Lebanese-American businessman who was trying to set up back-channel talks with senior aides to Saddam Hussein to avert a war in Iraq, NEWSWEEK has learned.
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If this gains traction, it could prove very, very bad for Mr. Bush. Not only do we have a war based upon falacious intelligence, but an offer to avoid armed conflict may have been deliberately ignored.