By Elaine Pasquini

From the Washington Report| Original Article

"Hadley lied, a million died. Bush lied, a million died," chanted World Can't Wait activists outside San Francisco's St. Regis Hotel on March 19. Stephen Hadley, national security adviser to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009, was inside the tony hotel addressing a World Affairs Council audience on the topic, "Seeing Opportunity in Times of Crisis." As adviser to the president, Hadley allowed a discredited claim concerning Iraq's alleged quest to acquire nuclear weapons material, specifically yellowcake uranium, from Niger to be included in Bush's Jan. 28, 2003 State of the Union Address. The false claim of the yellowcake purchase was a major component of the former president's motivation to invade Iraq on March 19, 2003.

"Stephen Hadley is a war criminal and should not be a keynote speaker before the World Affairs Council," said Stephanie Tang of World Can't Wait. "He should be charged and prosecuted for his past crimes and not allowed to commit new crimes. For this illegal, immoral war—eight years and counting—Hadley has blood on his hands."