Key Findings:

• In 2008, as the nation marked the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, the Center for Public Integrity found 935 false statements made by President Bush and seven top officials in the two years following September 11, 2001, concluding that the administration waged an orchestrated campaign to mislead the country to war.

• In a fully searchable, 400,000-word database, the Center lists every public statement made by the top 8 administration officials on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and on the links between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Leading the pack, President Bush made 232 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 28 false statements about Iraq’s connections with Al Qaeda. Secretary of State Colin Powell followed close behind with 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction and 10 about Al Qaeda links.