Michael Moore Quotes
Our Pentagon has a reputation for not telling the truth.
Every military establishment has secrets that they should maintain and are not always forthcoming with facts d explanations. However, the Pentagon is so large with so many layers that there are subgroups and vested interests, prevaricate and lie, even to their own superiors. No one knows how prevalent this is, but there have be a number of major incidents where the were lies and cover-ups—usually to prevent public embarrassment to some element of the military industrial complex.
Michael Moore, Author, Political Commentator, and Documentary Film Creator, Interview, CNN May 5, 2011
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He was referring to the George W. Bush and his behavior on the Iraq War.
Agree resigned from the CIA in protest to its political position.
The quotation was given by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld just prior to the war with Iraq, 2003.
McClellan after he left his White House Post, reflected on the experience, and wrote a book that described the George W. Bush White House practices many of which he was involved with.
He was summarily dismissed by the George W. Bush administration as a result of his reports showing security weaknesses that were the responsibility of the department.
This quotation illustrates that government use of censorship and classification to cover up errors and mistakes in not just a modern phenomenon. It is a technique that government’s will gravitate to whenever they have the chance.
Michael Francis Moore is an American documentary filmmaker, author, and activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism.
