On an almost daily basis, members of the Bush administration came before us with a mountain of information detailing Saddam Hussein's WMD program that could only be dealt with by invading the country and toppling his regime. To make their case, the administration and its allies cited the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a 93 page report that compiled all the intelligence available, along with expert opinions and interpretations. We later found out that, while what they were saying did come from the report, they were often leaving out important, if not critical information, information that significantly changes the picture being drawn. What they left out was all the uncertainty and condition that ran through every page of the report like chocolate sauce through a half gallon of fudge ripple ice cream.
In 2004, the CIA released the Black Vault has resulted in the CIA releasing a new, much cleaner version of the report.
Read it and weep
In 2004, the CIA released the Black Vault has resulted in the CIA releasing a new, much cleaner version of the report.
Read it and weep
