Jumping back in, I was asked to cite a few things the last time I posted, so here we go...
First a transcript of Secretary Powell's presentation to the UN. He says, "The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries. Some of the sources are technical, such as intercepted telephone conversations and photos taken by satellites. Other sources are people who have risked their lives to let the world know what Saddam Hussein is really up to."
Finally, a report from the DoD website quoting a U.S. Colonel who says that the weapons found in Iraq are indeed WMDs. Again, not stockpiles of WMDs, but WMDs none the less.
BigBillM75 said:
First a transcript of Secretary Powell's presentation to the UN. He says, "The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries.
Powell now describes that day at the low point of his whole career. In no small part because one of the people helping him prepare knew full well how shaky the information they were using was. He'd been informed that the person giving all the information about mobile production facilities, an Iraqi codenamed "Curveball" in German hands, was most likely a faker. The bizarre thing was that his information was originally "checked" by comparing it to what could be found on the internet. There was a very good reason that it matched.
The British report suffered rather quickly when it was discovered that a lot of it had just been copied straight from a Phd student's thesis. So it was based on little more than, years out of date, publicly available information.
BigBillM75 said:
First a transcript of Secretary Powell's presentation to the UN. He says, "The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries.
Powell now describes that day at the low point of his whole career. In no small part because one of the people helping him prepare knew full well how shaky the information they were using was. He'd been informed that the person giving all the information about mobile production facilities, an Iraqi codenamed "Curveball" in German hands, was most likely a faker. The bizarre thing was that his information was originally "checked" by comparing it to what could be found on the internet. There was a very good reason that it matched.
The British report suffered rather quickly when it was discovered that a lot of it had just been copied straight from a Phd student's thesis. So it was based on little more than, years out of date, publicly available information.
Like I said, the decision to invade was based on bad intelligence.
BigBillM75 said:
First a transcript of Secretary Powell's presentation to the UN. He says, "The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries.
Powell now describes that day at the low point of his whole career. In no small part because one of the people helping him prepare knew full well how shaky the information they were using was. He'd been informed that the person giving all the information about mobile production facilities, an Iraqi codenamed "Curveball" in German hands, was most likely a faker. The bizarre thing was that his information was originally "checked" by comparing it to what could be found on the internet. There was a very good reason that it matched.
You should link to your source
The British report suffered rather quickly when it was discovered that a lot of it had just been copied straight from a Phd student's thesis. So it was based on little more than, years out of date, publicly available information.
BigBillM75
New Fairfield, CT
May 2006
JUL 14, 2006 11:04 PM