] The October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq's ] Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) has been dissected like no ] other product in the history of the US Intelligence Community. ] We have reexamined every phrase, line, sentence, judgment and ] alternative view in this 90-page document and have traced their ] genesis completely. I believed at the time the Estimate was ] approved for publication, and still believe now, that we were on ] solid ground in how we reached the judgments we made. . . . ] The only government in the world that claimed that Iraq was not ] working on, and did not have, biological and chemical weapons or ] prohibited missile systems was in Baghdad.  . . . ] Those who conclude that no threat existed because actual weapons ] have not yet been found do not understand the significance posed ] by biological and chemical warfare programs in the hands of ] tyrants. A November 2003 statement from the CIA's Stu Cohen, the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. And yeah, I also have a soft spot for the page, since they use a picture of Kryptos in the banner. :) Iraq's WMD Programs: Culling Hard Facts from Soft Myths |