William L. Safire biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William L. Safire

Author Name:

William L. Safire

Born As:

Other Names:

William Lewis Safire

Born:

17 Dec 1929

Died:

27 Sep 2009




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Author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriter                          
                          
                          
                          
Safire was one of several voices who called for war with Iraq, and predicted a "quick war", with Iraqis cheering their liberators.

His columns in The New York Times consistently brought up the point that an Iraqi intelligence agent met with Mohamed Atta, one of the 9/11 attackers, in Prague. This theory had been debunked by the CIA and other credible intelligence agencies. Safire insisted that the theory was true and used it to make a case for war against Iraq. Safire also wrote that "freed scientists" would lead coalition forces to "caches of weapons of mass destruction. No inspectors could findcould find caches. Safire never retracted his comments.