New Criticism On Prewar Use Of Intelligence

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The Bush administration faces new concerns over the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into the rationalization for invading Iraq and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. This political quagmire is now complicated by revelation that a White House staff member may have revealed the name of a CIA agent who is the wife of former Gabon Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson 4th, a harsh critic of the administration's intelligence gathering tactics. The CIA has referred this latest crisis to the Justice Dept. Bush officials, such as Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, continue to defend the intelligence information they used on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Cases, United States. Department of Justice, Intelligence officers, Rice, Condoleezza, Al-Qaeda, Tenet, George J., Goss, Porter J., United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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BUSH BACKS AWAY FROM HIS CLAIMS ABOUT IRAQ ARMS

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Pres. George W. Bush praised the work of the CIA and its chief weapons inspector David A. Kay while avoiding direct answers to press questions about Kay's beliefs there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that the CIA used inept intelligence gathering techniques to assess the Iraqi military situation. Bush continued to defend the US invasion of Iraq because of the security threat posed by Saddam Hussein. Democrats now want an independent panel to determine why the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate became so flawed in its assessment of intelligence data which the president used to justify his military policies.

International politics, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Military policy, Hussein, Saddam, Foreign policy, Kay, David A.

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BUSH TO ESTABLISH PANEL TO EXAMINE U.S. INTELLIGENCE

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Pres. George W. Bush has decided to allow an investigation into CIA intelligence failures that led him to justify an invasion of Iraq based upon incorrect information that reported Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. After former CIA chief weapons inspector David A. Kay said there were no such weapons, political pressure mobilized quickly to demand why the president was given misleading information. Bush will appoint a commission that will not provide a report until after the Nov. 2004 presiden tial election.

Strategy & planning, Planning, Company business planning, Governmental investigations, Government investigations

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