Kay Plans to Leave Search for Iraqi Arms

WashingtonPost ^ | 12/18/03 | Dana Priest and Walter Pincus

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washingtonpost.com Kay Plans to Leave Search for Iraqi Arms Members of Survey Group He Heads Being Diverted to Fight Against Insurgents

By Dana Priest and Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, December 18, 2003; Page A42

David Kay, the head of the U.S. effort to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, has told administration officials he plans to leave before the Iraq Survey Group's work is completed and could depart before February, U.S. military and intelligence officials said.

The move comes as more of Kay's staff has been diverted from the weapons hunt to help search for Iraqi insurgents, and at a time when expectations remain low that any actual weaponry will be discovered.

Kay requested the change for personal and family reasons, officials said. When he accepted the job in June, they said, he expected to quickly find the expansive evidence that the administration had claimed as its primary reason for going to war. Rather, Kay's preliminary report in October said the group had so far discovered only that Iraq was working to acquire chemical and biological weapons, had missile programs under various stages of development and possessed only a rudimentary nuclear program.

[Shermy]

Ping.

[byteback]

I'd like to know where the WMDs are myself. We're talking about stuff that would fit inside a warhead so it's easier to hide than Saddam.

I know we're at halftime adjustments here and stabalizing the country is now priority #1, but don't give up on the WMDs.

[Mo1]

Walter Pincus

Pincus .. why is this ringing a bell

[Miss Marple]

Walter Pincus....friend of Ambassador Weasel Joe Wilson.

[mewzilla]

Sounds to me like we should know what's going on with the WMDs by the SOTU, which is basically what Mansoor Ijaz was suggesting on FNC over the weekend.

[cars for sale]

sorry but I consider the source and these two are proven liars....