CIA to reveal war intelligence
A U.S. official said Monday the CIA will provide Congress with the weapons intelligence that formed the basis of Secretary of State Colin Powell's pre-war presentation to the United Nations.(CIA report due shortly)
But chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said in a final report on Monday there was no evidence Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led invasion.
U.S. official: Congress to get CIA's Iraqi WMD report
That same source also was the basis for the National Intelligence Estimate, the CIA's overall classified report on Iraq's WMD program.
The official said the CIA will cooperate fully with a request by Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and provide "detailed" information on the intelligence that led to the agency's "assessment" of Iraq's weapons program.
Iraq WMD questions remain: U.N.
But the inspectors also made "little progress" in clearing up remaining questions concerning possible WMD programs, according to the latest report from UNMOVIC.
According to the report, released Monday, "The long list of proscribed items unaccounted for and as such resulting in unresolved disarmament issues was neither shortened by the inspections, nor by Iraqi declarations and documentation."
