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”.
Yep. This “story” has all the hallmarks of Deep State and Corporate Media lying.
There were mobile biolabs in Iraq, there were tons of precursors in Iraq, there was a children’s prison in Iraq, Saddam Hussein did bribe Scott Ritter and others using Khafaji, Salir Vincent, and oil vouchers, there was a prototype of banned equipment found in Iraq, and Saddam Hussein was in violation of the cease fire agreement he agreed to. Zarqawi’s terrorist group -later renamed ISIS and still under his command- did operate in and from both Baghdad and Northern Iraq and Syria prior to the invasion, and before the invasion did assassinate USAID official Lawrence Foley in Jordan. And Zarqawi’s group merged formally with an arm of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist Intel people commanded by his red headed General al during the insurgency.