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New Yorker Article On Iran “Riddled With Inaccuracies” White House Says
01/18/2005
Islamabad, January 18, 2005: White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett called an article in the latest issue of New Yorker magazine by Seymour Hersh, “fundamentally inaccurate” and explained the Bush Administration’s policy toward Iran.
“I've seen excerpts of this story. I think it's riddled with inaccuracies. And I don't believe that some of the conclusions he's drawing are based on fact,” he said in an interview on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
“Mr. Hersh has written several articles about this administration that has been fundamentally inaccurate. And I think this one will fall in the same category,” Bartlett said.
“We obviously have a concern about Iran. The entire world has a concern about Iran. President Bush has set forth a diplomatic initiative that he's made very clear to the entire world. We're working with our European allies to help convince the Iranian government to not pursue weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons. We'll continue to work through the IAEA protocol to do just that,” Bartlett said. “It's critical that the entire world focus on this issue. It is a threat that we have to take seriously, and we'll continue to work through the diplomatic initiatives that he set forth.”