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Kay Briefs Lawmakers on Iraq WMD
Reuters via Yahoo ^
| 10/2/03
| Rueters
Posted on 10/02/2003 12:01:11 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA adviser David Kay, who is coordinating the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq briefed U.S. lawmakers on Thursday with an interim progress report.
Kay separately briefed the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees behind closed doors in what lawmakers called a highly classified session from which they emerged tight-lipped.
Kay was not expected to produce any solid evidence that chemical or biological weapons had been found, sources have said previously.
The United States went to war against Iraq in March and ousted Saddam Hussein from power in April, largely citing the threat posed by Baghdad's biological and chemical weapons programs and a program to develop nuclear weapons.
But critics have questioned whether the Bush administration exaggerated the threat to get support for the war because no such weapons have been found since U.S. forces invaded Iraq.
Others have urged patience, saying that Iraq is a large country and such weapons are relatively easy to hide.
Last month, the CIA said Kay would present an interim report that would reach no firm conclusions.
When Kay briefed lawmakers in July, he said there could be "surprises" uncovered, but congressional sources have said they were unaware of any major surprises.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: davidkay; iraq; wmd
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To: So Cal Rocket
"Kay separately briefed the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees behind closed doors in what lawmakers called a highly classified session from which they emerged tight-lipped. "
this won't last long.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:04:29 PM PDT
by
Pikamax
To: So Cal Rocket
I wonder how long we will getting "leaks" from this so called classified meeting. I bet you Peter, Dan and Tom will have plenty of them this evening if the it is anything that will make Bush look bad. So much for CIA stuff being classified, right?
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:04:30 PM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
To: All
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:04:48 PM PDT
by
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To: So Cal Rocket
Kay separately briefed the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees behind closed doors in what lawmakers called a highly classified session from which they emerged tight-lipped. That'll be a first!
To: So Cal Rocket
It will be very easy to tell in the next few days if there was any substance in the report. Watch and judge the attacks of the Dems. We should all know very shortly what Kay discussed based on the next in a series of scandals they roll out.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:08:22 PM PDT
by
rhombus
To: areafiftyone
LOL,........what about the 'latest'........WMD at 'Koo-wait'...?
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:08:23 PM PDT
by
maestro
To: areafiftyone
James Rosen on is quoting sources from this briefing right now...
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:08:46 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Pikamax
I'm sure that there were different reports given to both to help isolate and identify the eventual leakers. Once this info hits the streets I wonder if the Leak-gate crowd will be as vocal.
To: rhombus
Watch and judge the attacks of the Dems. We should all know very shortly what Kay discussed based on the next in a series of scandals they roll out. If it looks like the search will be a bust, they will leak it by tonight - if not, they will be quiet and try to find new angles of attack.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:11:01 PM PDT
by
trebb
To: So Cal Rocket
bump
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:11:48 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: So Cal Rocket
The Justice Dept should start investigating leaks from this session right now.
To: So Cal Rocket
Last month, the CIA said Kay would present an interim report that would reach no firm conclusionsLeaving all the wiggle room the Bush administration needs to get out of this mess. Simply sad, 6 months later and still no admission they just weren't there
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: So Cal Rocket
Kay separately briefed the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees behind closed doors in what lawmakers called a highly classified session from which they emerged tight-lipped.Any guesses on when the leaks will come out? Only if the intelligence is bad news for the administration will we hear about it at all......
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I don't do drugs. I get the same effect just standing up fast.)
To: billbears
You know you are terribly inconsistent. Yesterday you *finally* admitted Iraq had WMD but they didn't constitute a threat.
It's terribly hard to argue convincingly they never had them considering how well it's been documented that Saddam used them at least 10 times in the 80's and 90's.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:20:14 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: trebb
If it looks like the search will be a bust, they will leak it by tonight - if not, they will be quiet and try to find new angles of attack.Not necessarily if there is some evidence of chemical weapons, they will say where's the evidence of bio and nuclear weapons. If there is evidence of the means to make weapons but no actual weapons, they will say where are the weapons. They will weasel word so they can keep up the attack.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:25:30 PM PDT
by
rhombus
To: Peach
that Saddam used them at least 10 times in the 80'sLet me clearly state my point then. The administration of the 1980s didn't have a serious enough problem with Hussein's WMDs in the 1980s to declare war. Saddam Hussein presented no more of a threat than any other crazed dictator in the Middle East. That being said, there has been no evidence of 30,000 munitions or anything else Bush outlined in his speeches building up to the war. No ties to Al Qaeda and no ties to 9/11. In other words, no reason to invade and destroy Iraqi leadership other than human rights issues and to 'spread democracy', two reasons not even close to a point for declaration of war
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:27:20 PM PDT
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billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: So Cal Rocket
"...in what lawmakers called a highly classified session" If they didn't find anything, why would it be classified...let alone, "highly" classified?
To: Peach
Yesterday you *finally* admitted Iraq had WMD but they didn't constitute a threat.And I never said otherwise. I freely admit they had them in the 1980s. That has always been my position. But for Bush to state the levels he did in his SOTU address was farcical
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:29:07 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: billbears
they just weren't thereWhen confronted with your own ever-changing position and comments, you decide to clarify yet again.
Having a differing opinion regarding the threat Iraq posed to the region and the US is valid. Stating there are no ties to AQ shows a complete and utter lack of knowledge. The ties to AQ have been exquisitely detailed.
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posted on
10/02/2003 12:31:19 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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