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To: calgal who wrote (1354)	8/1/2003 1:07:09 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) of 1604

Joel Mowbray U.S. May Already Have Iraq's WMDs newsandopinion.com \| As WMD hysteria reaches a frenzied pitch, comments by the head of the U.S. team searching Iraq for WMD evidence should give pause to the "Bush lied" crowd. Dr. David Kay — the 63-year-old former U.N. weapons inspector now heading up the American WMD team — recently remarked that the United States will be "starting to reveal" WMD evidence in six months. Though he was circumspect at best, Dr. Kay's comments could indicate that U.S. investigators know quite a bit more than they have revealed thus far. Buzz inside the beltway has been intensifying in recent days that the administration may have significantly more evidence than it has publicly released, and Dr. Kay's comments have triggered even more chatter. Some of it may be wishful thinking, but considering that some of the people doing the talking are administration officials, declarations that there are no WMDs may be premature. Why would the Bush folks keep such politically high-value information secret? Possibly because, given the sheer number of guerrilla forces present inside Iraq, U.S. investigators believe it would be foolish to leak evidence piecemeal. Sources and methods of intelligence-gathering could be "compromised" — a polite way of saying those helping us or their families could get killed — and the U.S. team's efforts could be hampered if other would-be informants hold back out of fear. And with many of Saddam's former henchmen still around, U.S. investigators tipping their hand could make it easier for Baathist thugs to destroy evidence or sabotage discovery efforts. Not that critics of President Bush — the people who wanted to wait endlessly while U.N. inspectors played footsy with Saddam — are waiting for the canvassing to be completed before slamming the commander-in-chief.

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