iraq_wmd_was_no_''slam_dunk'
17 Oct 2004
3
minutes
ago
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An "amazing" newslink
WASHINGTON
, (AFP) -
The
Central
Intelligence
Agency's
former
spymaster,
James
Pavitt,
has
said
in
an
interview
America's pre-war
intelligence
on
Iraq
'
s
supposed
weapons
of
mass
destruction
(
WMD
)
was
no
"
slam
-dunk".
http
://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041018/wl_afp/us_intelligence_iraq_cia&cid=1512&ncid=1480
"
I
in
fact
sat
in
a
number
of
meetings
and
I
said
there
may
be
a
number
of
reasons
for
going
to
war
,
but
I
do
not
see
the
intelligence
we
have
on
weapons
of
mass
destruction
(
WMD
)
being
the
one
that
carries
the
day
,"
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...
.
"
Bush
used
Saddam_Hussien"'s
supposed
arsenals
of
banned
weapons
as
a
primary pretext
for
taking
the
United_States
to
war
."
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17 Oct. 2004
Ex
-CIA insider
fires
back
Oct.
17
:
Ex
-CIA
official
James
Pavitt
talks
with
'Dateline.'
http
://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6256256/
Dateline
exclusive
:
Intelligence
insider weighs
in
on
Iraq
,
war
on
terror
,
relationship
with
White
House
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