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09/28/2003 Archived Entry: "The House is getting antsy about this WMD thing...."
The House is getting antsy about this WMD thing....
Y'know, no matter how much bad news is visited upon the White House, I am not satisfied. Here's yet another thing for the Thug Cabal to worry about.
Goss and Harman were particularly critical of the underlying intelligence used to conclude that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program."Our examination has identified the relatively fragile nature of this information," the letter states. It notes internal intelligence agency disputes about whether Iraq attempted to buy high-strength aluminum tubes that could be used in nuclear weapons manufacture, and points out the dual-use nature of other attempted purchases of equipment cited in the NIE.
Moreover, Goss and Harman dispelled the assertion, made frequently by administration officials, that they possess more concrete information about Iraq's nuclear intention, but are unable to disclose it because it remains classified. "We have not found any information in the assessments that are still classified that was any more definitive," the two wrote Tenet.
On this point, the letter said the committee "had reviewed extensively the allegations that there was a disconnect between public statements by administration officials and the underlying intelligence."
