I saw that about the "former U.S. official." If I'm not mistaken, it means someone who is a former official now, but one who was in office during the Clinton era.
W-S, I really like your theory posted earlier today that the whole WMD thing may have been a scam perpetrated by Saddam and his allies in the international community to keep sanctions in place, as they were all getting filthy rich on the Oil-for-Food gravy train. That would explain why all major European intelligence agencies (e.g., France, Germany, Russian) said that Saddam had WMDs. The CIA didn't have any agents on the ground in Iraq, so what did we know? Your articulation of it was the first time I'd ever heard the theory.
Again, it may very well be that the WMD situation in Iraq prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom can only be understood and explained in relation to Oil-for-Food.