Saddam Has Nukes, Ex-Weapons Inspector Says (reported on Hannity show)

"To late?"

Yep. Not enough of my fellow citizens gave a damn. Now it's too late.

A word to the wise. Kissinger will be the choice for the next investigation too, unless the act of violence is perpetrated quick enough so he can combine the two investigations. It won't matter. He's not going to fault anyone anyway. "It was all one freaky act of nature. You can't stop these things..." Yada, yada, yada...

For those who missed former UN weapons inspector Tierney on Hannity yesterday, he will also be on Hannity & Colmes tonight (9 PM Eastern time on Fox News Channel).

Yesterday on Hannity, Tierney said that Saddam might use a nuke on the U.S. or Israel. He is however strongly supportive of attacking Iraq.

Tierney said that Saddam is cooperating with terrorists. Although Iraq has no delivery capability that could hit the U.S., Saddam could use terrorists or agents to smuggle a nuke into the U.S.

Tierney mentioned a particular mountain area where the inspectors were denied entry in 1997 under very unusual circumstances. He said that a London newspaper (think it was a Feb 1999 op ed piece in the London Times) was an "open source" discussing a secret nuke program including at least one nuke was stored at that location.

Tierney apparently has harder info than the London newspaper article. Reading between the lines of his comments, he has classified info that causes his grave concern and strong belief that the U.S. must attack Iraq.

Tierney claimed that the Iraqi "minder," who struggled with the inspectors on Tierney's watch, was standing behind UN weapons inspector Blitz in a recent press conference (as though the "minder" was part of the UN team). Tierney said something like, "If Blitz can't control his environment at a news conference, I have little confidence in his ability to stand up to Iraqi pressure."

Tierney also speculated that Iraqi intelligence has probably penetrated the UN weapons team.

Tierney said that he worked closely with Scott Ritter and has great respect for the weapons inspections of Ritter. He says he doesn't know why Ritter has turned 180 degrees, but thinks that Ritter is bitter.

Tierney said that Ritter went out on a limb for his country (and the UN weapons inspection program). Clinton admin that sawed off the branch. Then, Clinton admin stabbed Ritter in the back after Ritter was down. Tierney thinks that Ritter's about face on the threat from Iraq has something to do with how Clinton admin abused him.

Tierney debated Hackworth. Hack generally against Iraq attack, but his thinking seems rather unclear. Tierney strongly believes that we MUST stop Iraq before he turns over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to terrorists (or gives more WMD if he has given some already).

Tierney was very articulate, bright, and convincing.

You asked to be updated on Tierney's comments on Hannity & Colmes tonight.

Tierney repeated portions of what he said on Hannity's radio show. He wasn't on very long.

Tierney was asked if his opinion was based in part on classified info. I can't remember how direct he was in his answer, but he said that based on info that he viewed in 2000, he was convinced that he was right.

This reinforced my interpretation of his radio comments. He more clearly implied on H & C that his opinion was based on classified info.

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