Hadley, Stephen John

Name: Stephen John Hadley

Born: February 13, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio

Profession: Attorney

GW Bush Administration Position:

• Deputy National Security Advisor, 2001-2005
• National Security Advisor, 2005-2009
• Member of White House Iraq Group

War crime charge(s):

• Crime against peace – planning and carrying out a war of aggression.
• Despite memos from the CIA and a personal phone call from Director George Tenet, allowed reference to Iraq’s supposed pursuit of uranium to be included in Bush’s 2003 State of the Union speech.
• During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, worked to insert mentions into speeches of a supposed meeting in the Czech Republic between Iraqi intelligence agents and alleged 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta.
• Advocated use of nuclear weapons against chemical and biological weapons.¹

Primary Associations:

• Along with Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates, heads the RiceHadleyGates Group LLC, a strategic consulting firm.  RiceHadleyGates assists CEOs and senior executives at major corporations in expanding their businesses in key emerging markets such as China, India, Latin America and the Middle East.  As of Sept. 2011, it works in partnership with APCO Worldwide.
• Board Member, Raytheon

Secondary Association:

• Senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
• Signed on with Leading Authorities, a top-of-the-line speakers’ bureau
• Distinguished Telstra Fellow at Lowy Institute for 2014.

More Information:

• http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2009/01/remarks-by-national-security-a/
• 8-20-14 Hadley is 2014 Telstra Distinguished Fellow
• 2 8-8-15 No Justice, No Peace
• 8-19-16 U.S. Defense Contractors Tell Investors Russian Threat Is Great for Business
• 3/19/23 20 Years After Illegal US Invasion of Iraq, Its Architects Are Still Cashing In

Note:

“I should have recalled at the time of the State of the Union speech that there was controversy associated with the uranium issue. … And it is now clear to me that I failed in that responsibility in connection with the inclusion of these 16 words in the speech that he gave on the 28th of January².”

¹_{http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1213.html}

²_{Press Briefing on Iraq WMD and SOTU Speech, 22-July-03}