What I don't see being brought up is
1. Clinton had the same intelligence
2. The UN has a mile long list of IRAQI WMD that are unaccounted for.
The treaty with Iraq was "conditional". The war therefore never ended but was merely in limbo awaiting the cooperation of Saddam..which not only never happened, he kicked the "finders" out of his country.
They got The Report, waited 5 minutes, then called in the cameras.
Actually, that isn't true and I can't figure out why the big to-do yesterday with Sens. Roberts and Rockerfeller.
From the Senate website [notice the date of the release]:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: BILL DUHNKE
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JUNE 17, 2004
PHONE: (202) 224-1700
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- WASHINGTON, DC– Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the Committee's Vice Chairman, issued the following joint statement:
- "Today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted unanimously to approve its report on pre-war intelligence regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, ties to terrorists, threat to regional stability and violations of human rights. Today's vote is the culmination of over one year of intense scrutiny by the Committee of the Intelligence Community's pre-war assessments. The Committee is currently engaged with the Central Intelligence Agency over the issue of classification. The Committee is extremely disappointed by the CIA's excessive redactions to the report. Our goal is to release publicly as much of the report's findings and conclusions as soon as possible. We will work toward that goal, as we continue our work on phase two of the Committee's review."
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