Bush got $400m from Congress to launch covert war against Iran

US CONGRESSIONAL leaders agreed late last year to President George W Bush’s funding request for an escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilising its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online yesterday.

The article by Seymour Hersh centres around a highly classified presidential finding signed by Bush, which by US law must be made known to Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders and ranking members of the intelligence committees.

“The finding was focused on undermining Iran’s nuclear ambitions and trying to undermine the government through regime change, working with opposition groups and passing money,” the article quoted a source as saying.