White House knew there were no WMD: CIA

[AGENDA21]

The CIA had evidence Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction six months before the 2003 US-led invasion but was ignored by a White House intent on ousting Saddam Hussein, a former senior CIA official said, according to CBS.

Tyler Drumheller, who headed CIA covert operations in Europe during the run-up to the Iraq war, said intelligence opposing administration claims of a WMD threat came from a top Iraqi official who provided the US spy agency with other credible information.

The source "told us that there were no active weapons of mass destruction programs," Drumheller said in a CBS interview to be aired on Sunday on the US network's 60 Minutes.

"The (White House) group that was dealing with preparation for the Iraq war came back and said they were no longer interested," he was quoted as saying in interview excerpts released by CBS on Friday.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=67020

[MiniMe]

1. This administration seems to have pissed off the CIA

Bwwaaaa haaaa haaa

[AGENDA21]

3. About time someone did get pissed off!

[jamesinca]

2. but the font may be wrong

so that means the content is not accurate. I am curious what the administration will do to this one. Maybe they don't care because George is in his second term and can't be elected again.

[ClintonTyree]

4. "They were no longer interested".....

in the truth, that is. Bush had his little, teeny, tiny war hard-on and was going to take Saddam out because he threatened his Daddy. 2,400 American lives, countless innocent Iraqi lives and $400 billion dollars later we're STILL living George Bush's lie in Iraq. :eyes: NOW can we impeach that son of a bitch? :grr: