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From: tejek	3/31/2005 11:50:52 AM
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Report Says U.S. Intelligence 'Dead Wrong' on Iraq Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:42 AM ET (Page 1 of 2) By Steve Holland and Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence on Iraq was "dead wrong," dealing a blow to American credibility that will take years to undo, and spymasters still know disturbingly little about nuclear programs in countries like Iran and North Korea, a presidential commission reported on Thursday. The commission's bluntly written report, based on more than a year of investigations, offered a damning assessment of the intelligence that President Bush used to launch the Iraq war two years ago and warned that flaws are still all too common throughout spy agencies. "We conclude that the intelligence community was dead wrong in almost all of its prewar judgments about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction," the commissioners wrote. And at a time when the United States is accusing Iran of nuclear ambitions and pressuring North Korea on its nuclear programs, the report said: "Across the board, the intelligence community knows disturbingly little about the nuclear programs of many of the world's most dangerous actors." The presidential commission, led by appeals court judge Laurence Silberman and former Virginia Republican Sen. Charles Robb, called for a broad overhaul in the spy community to increase information-sharing and foster dissenting views. "The flaws we found in the intelligence community's Iraq performance are still all too common," they wrote. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president agreed the intelligence community needs fundamental change. He said its recommendations would be reviewed and acted on "in a fairly quick period of time." A key chapter in the report -- on U.S. intelligence on alleged nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea -- was classified and not released publicly. But sources familiar with that section said it was among the most critical, finding U.S. intelligence on Iran's nuclear program in particular to be inadequate. The White House has acknowledged intelligence shortcomings -- national security adviser Stephen Hadley called data on Iran "hard to come by" -- but the administration has made clear it stands by its policy of preemption. A senior administration official said "there has been no change in our policy to confront threats before they have the opportunity to strike the homeland." Continued ... reuters.com

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