Unfortunately what he looks like is a partisan hack. It is his responsibility to ferret out the facts and decide amongst the following choices:
1. There were no WMDs for several years but the president was misled by his neo-con advisors.
2. There were no WMDs for several years and the president knew that and lied about it.
3. There were in fact WMDs that are still hidden.
I think that we can eliminate choice 3 right now. It is critically important to determine whether choice 1 or 2 is accurate, even if it hurts GWB. If the Republican party in the person of Pat Roberts keeps protecting him, the party will go down in ashes with Bush. It is much better to openly reveal the truth and save the party. The difference is a choice between a Democratic nincompoop president plus a Democratic congress or just a Democratic president gridlocked by a Republican congress.
Sorry Mike but I think we can eliminate you as an analyst. We know he had WMDS, we just don't know what he did with them. My guess is the Bekaa but it could just as well be a rathole somewhere.
Hopefully, none was transferred to Ansar al Islam but I'm wouldn't bet on it.
We are being asked by the press and some here at FR to belive that Iraq had no WMD while we know a country like Libya admittedly did. It is orwellian, up is down, left is right. I repeat, we know Iraq had WMD, the only question remianing is where are they now, not did he have them.
And herein lies the problem... working without tools...