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Report: the Report of the Commission on Intelligence on WMDs:
Source: Report to the President on WMDs, p.166-176
Collection Management and Analysis: Conclusion 11 Recognizing that it was having problems collecting quality intelligence against Iraq, the Intelligence Community launched an effort to study ways to improve its collection performance. This process was hampered by haphazard follow-up by some agencies; in particular, NSA failed to follow-up promptly on the Intelligence Community's recommendations. Conclusion 12 Analysts skewed the analytical process by requiring proof that Iraq did not have WMD. Conclusion 13 Analysts did not question the hypotheses underlying their conclusions, and tended to discount evidence that cut against those hypotheses. Conclusion 14 The Community made serious mistakes in its technical analysis of Iraq's unconventional weapons program. The National Ground Intelligence Center in particular displayed a disturbing lack of diligence and technical expertise. Conclusion 15
Analysis of Iraqi weapons programs was also flawed by "layering," with one individual assessment forming the basis for additional, broader assessments that did not carry forward the uncertainties underlying each "layer." Conclusion 16 Analysis of Iraq's weapons programs took little account of Iraq's political and social context. While such a consideration would probably not have changed the Community's judgments about Iraq's WMD, the failure even to consider whether Saddam Hussein had elected to abandon his banned weapons programs precluded that possibility. Conclusion 17 The Community did not adequately communicate uncertainties about either its sources or its analytic judgments to policymakers. Conclusion 18 The Community failed to explain adequately to consumers the fundamental assumptions and premises of its analytic judgments.
- Topic: War & Peace
- Headline: CIA never questioned assumption that Saddam had WMDs
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Democrats
participating in 05-WMD-08 |
| Charles Robb |
s1s | VA Democratic Senator (Former) | |
Republicans
participating in 05-WMD-08 |
| John McCain |
s1s | AZ Republican Sr Senator | |
Independents
participating in 05-WMD-08 |
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Democrats:
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Republicans:
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Independents:
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