Why the Intelligence Failed in Iraq

Stephen L. Carter Bloomberg 2/3/2013

…Corera offers a nuanced perspective that should serve as corrective to some of the sillier conspiracy theories that still abound. His account is unlikely to convince all the doubters, but should be studied nonetheless for the lessons it carries — lessons to which President Barack Obama and his administration should […]

A Classified CIA Mea Culpa on Iraq

In this exclusive from the National Security Archive, a secret agency report on its WMD failures is published for the first time.

Tom Blanton Foreign Policy 9/5/2012

This remarkable CIA mea culpa, just declassified this summer and published here for the first time, describes the U.S. intelligence failure on Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction […]

Where Did Syria’s Chemical Weapons Come From?

Frank Salvato Breitbart.com Big Peace 14 Jul 2012

As the news stories mount regarding Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s decision to move his chemical weapons stockpile from storage to areas closer to rebel locations, there is one thing the mainstream media is not commenting on: How Syria acquired what is reported to be one […]

Iraqi Defector Admits He Lied About WMD in Lead-Up to War

John Sexton HotAir.com 2/16/2011

His name is Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi but he was given the codename “Curveball” prior to the Iraq War. He played a significant role in convincing US authorities, including Colin Powell, that Saddam had biological weapons capabilities. Of course we’ve known since 2005 that claim wasn’t true, but now Curveball is […]

Obama DNI choice believes Syrians have Saddam’s WMD?

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 6/5/2010

Well, maybe he did at one point, so expect this to become a big deal in James Clapper’s confirmation hearings to replace Dennis Blair as the Director of National Intelligence. Washington Times reporter Eli Lake did a little research on Barack Obama’s choice for the thankless position (Clapper would be the […]

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