] How could such poor intelligence rise all the ] way to the top of the Bush administration? The original ] material came from the Iraqi National Congress, the ] umbrella group of exiles headed by Ahmed Chalabi, the ] former banker who now heads Iraq%u2019s governing ] council. Chalabi%u2019s material found its way up to the ] highest levels of U.S. policymaking%u2014and the White ] House script%u2014through three routes, according to ] officials present at the CIA review. Not that any of this is going to come as a shock to anyone... |