Powell Presses C.I.A. on Faulty Intelligence on Iraq Arms

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON, June 1 - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has pressed the Central Intelligence Agency for several months to account for the faulty intelligence that led Mr. Powell to tell the United Nations last year that Iraq definitely possessed illicit weapons, several senior administration officials said Tuesday.

In particular, Mr. Powell has sought answers about the C.I.A.'s sources of information for the evidence, now considered false by the agency, that Iraq possessed mobile biological weapons laboratories. Serious doubts have now arisen about all four of the sources that the C.I.A. relied on, intelligence officials say. At least two of the sources were Iraqi defectors introduced to intelligence agencies by the Iraqi National Congress, led by Ahmad Chalabi, the government officials said.

The contention that Saddam Hussein had developed the mobile laboratories was a critical element of Mr. Powell's presentation to the United Nations on Feb. 5, 2003, which was broadcast around the world. In past interviews, Mr. Powell has described an intensive process he went through at the C.I.A. in the days and nights before the speech, reviewing the intelligence.

He said last summer that the mobile labs were "some of the most solid" evidence the United States possessed, but in the past few months he has stepped back from those remarks, and then reversed himself. Two weeks ago he declared "the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong and in some cases, deliberately misleading."

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[FlemingsGhost]

1. America, do not let this snake slither away.

He is a liar, traitor and war criminal.

[MasonJar]

2. Now with literally 1000's dead (including many innocent children)

Powell steps up. What kind of monster is he? He has known all along that he was spouting lies.

[asjr]

9. Right on! He knew from the beginning what a den of

thieves and liars he was joining. Nothing he says now will change anything--especially not his reputation.

[mike1963]

3. He isn't even a good liar. Remember earlier he said "I'm not gonna say

this BS"? He knew perfectly well when he made all those claims to the UN they were craven lies...
:grr:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Little late.

Isn't it?

Worried about his epitaph? :cry:

[cliss]

5. Ho hum (yawn stretch)

scratches stomach.

Oh, what's this? Powell is trying to get the "True Facts". You mean, AFTER we went to war, and AFTER he lied to the UN, and AFTER we killed thousands of innocent Iraqis?

He knows his ship is sinking, and like the cafe-au-lait rat that he is, he's trying to jump off.

"Too Late, Colon Rodent". The new administration doesn't want ya.

[burrowowl]

6. It was the WH that manufactured the

faulty intelligence and he was complicit.

[oblivious]

12. Yes, Cheney and Rumsfeld - Seymour Hersh exposed it all.

Chalabi?s defector reports were now flowing from the Pentagon directly to the Vice-President?s office, and then on to the President, with little prior evaluation by intelligence professionals

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031027fa_fact

[struggle4progress]

7. Hey, Colin! What a clever idea! Blame the CIA for your dishonesty!

[readmylips]

8. I Serve At the Pleasure of the President.....

fok you colon....pieace of shit...You should have served at the pleasure of the USA and the Constitution.

[Desperadoe]

10. Colon should buddy-up

Colon Bowel should buddy-up with OJ. Maybe they would find that Nicole's real killer is the same one who is the source of this "faulty intelligence information".

And even if they can't, OJ could give Colon Johnny Cochran's telephone number.

[Kahuna]

11. Stop yer whining Colin. YOU SAID, you verified the information..

YOU SAID you checked it six ways to Sunday. Now all of a sudden you didn't. Go to hell. :puke:

[Disturbed]

13. Colon isn't worried about the CIA?

Hmm....Chalabi, Perle, Cheney not worried either? Maybe the CIA has lost it's bite?

[kclown]

14. Could have been a good president

Now useless.  Mommy, don't let your children grow up to be
Republicans.

[fearnobush]

15. He is full of shit and he knows it was the OSP all along that fed

him and Tenet Bullshit intel, Remember KAREN KWIATKOWSKI? Why doesn't the NYT (WHORE MEDIA TIMES) Check out her story. Fucking NYT freeper media.

[nolabels]

16. Extra Effing NYT freeper media WHORE MEDIA TIMES

That crap is not even worth the extra space it takes up in the trash can :puke:

[oblivious]

17. You're right. The Times is still playing the whore game.

Pretending that this was just an unfortunate breakdown in intelligence. Miscommunication between agencies. Just like 911. Unfortunate, but, you know, shit happens.