> it was unclear to what extent Hussein had made any progress on building -- or buying -- nuclear weapons; It was very clear that he hadn't, the US government

> it was unclear to what extent Hussein had made any progress on building -- or buying -- nuclear weapons; It was very clear that he hadn't, the US government (just like the chemical weapons) chose to ignore their own intelligence because it didn't suit their purpose. http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/congress/2004_rpt/iraq-wmd-intell_chapter2-b.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/congress/2004_r... > On March 1, 2002, INR published an intelligence assessment, Niger: Sale of Uranium to Iraq Is Unlikely. The Senate did an entire hearing on pre-war intelligence, you really should read it: http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775 http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=29877... If you prefer something that you can sit and watch, see BBC Panorama's "The Spies who Fooled the World" - it is both interesting and frightening, especially the part where the single person who was the US source used in Powell's UN brief tells the interviewer he made everything up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3K9twuuU7g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3K9twuuU7g