No. There’s no walking it back now, A-holes.
Deliberate misinformation and lies on the part of those picked to head our “intelligence” agencies. No wonder there weren’t any WMDs in Iraq, leading to an incredibly costly war, tens of thousands of ruined lives, and constant deception based on nutty conspiracy theories and human sources like Achmed Chalabi with criminal backgrounds you wouldn’t trust to give you driving directions to the next block. “You can take it to the bank, Mr. President”.