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To: TimF who wrote (170667)	6/6/2003 2:03:30 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583348

If at some point it is then lying is not the only possible reason for the incorrect claim. Are you suggesting typos then? This gov't is looking more ridiculous by the day. ____________________________________________________________ Report Lacked Firm Arms Evidence WASHINGTON (June 6) - As the Bush administration was pushing last fall for a war against Iraq because of alleged weapons of mass destruction, a defense department report said it did not have enough ''reliable information'' Iraq was amassing these weapons, a defense official said on Friday. News of the classified September 2002 report by the Defense Intelligence Agency has added to claims the White House and Pentagon slanted U.S. intelligence on Baghdad's alleged weapons program to justify the war against Iraq. ''What this report is saying is that there's not enough reliable information to move things into the category of things we know (about WMDs in Iraq),'' said a defense official of the report, a summary of which was leaked to U.S. media this week. However, he said the 80-plus page report said intelligence indicated Iraq probably did have chemical and other weapons but that there was just not enough reliable intelligence to fully back up this claim. ''What's been reported is accurate but you have to take it in context of the entire report, which is classified,'' said the official, who asked not to be named. ''The way it's briefed is in the category of 'hey we think this is going on' (but we don't have absolute proof),'' he added. Around the time of the report, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went to Congress to press his case that Iraq was stockpiling chemical and biological weapons. No such weapons have been found since Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was ousted in April but President Bush has said repeatedly he believes U.S. forces will find them. Last week CIA Director George Tenet defended his agency's intelligence on Iraqi chemical and biological weapons, saying the ''integrity of our process was maintained throughout.'' Media reports had said CIA analysts had complained of pressure from the administration about their findings on Iraqi weapons. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under similar criticism and on Wednesday he announced a British parliamentary inquiry into the case his government had made for attacking Iraq even as he rebuffed claims he had exaggerated evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Reut10:46 06-06-03 Copyright 2003 Reuters Limited.