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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (20563)	6/17/2003 2:08:44 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

CIA Takes Charge Of Frantic WMD Search _____________________________________________ By Vincent Morris The New York Post Monday 16 June 2003 WASHINGTON - The White House, accused of misleading the public about how dangerous Iraq was leading up to the war, has now ordered the CIA to try to find evidence Saddam Hussein amassed weapons of mass destruction. CIA Director George Tenet is taking over the search from the Pentagon, which only managed to turn up some mobile labs that offered inconclusive evidence of weapons production. Tenet will have direct responsibility over the 1,300 soldiers and civilians hunting for the weapons, according to a new report in Time magazine. The world is still waiting for a clear sign that Iraq posed as great a threat to the world as the White House claimed it did. Before the war, Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered a scathing speech on Saddam to the United Nations, and President Bush repeatedly cited the dangers the dictator posed as he worked to convince the world last winter that war with Iraq was justified. Now, the failure to find weapons of mass destruction thus far is mushrooming into a bigger problem by the day for the Bush administration. Tenet has already enlisted former U.N. weapons inspector David Kay for some advice in the search. The report in Time suggests that the mission may be a no-win situation for Tenet, who had been looking for a chance to retire before he was put in charge of the new search. Meanwhile, news of the CIA push came as top lawmakers yesterday said they might consider a new round of public hearings to determine whether the American people were deliberately misled about Saddam's weapons. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Congress is determined to find out whether anyone connected with the decision to go to war with Iraq felt "coerced" into claiming there were weapons of mass destruction there. A separate probe into charges that Bush may have lied or stretched the truth to build support for the war against Iraq is about to kick off in the House. The House Intelligence Committee holds meetings this week to interview intelligence personnel and review updates on efforts to find the weapons. Rep. Jane Harman of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said yesterday that if any evidence surfaces that the White House lied, "it will undercut the moral justification for this war." truthout.org