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To: KLP who wrote (15762)	11/10/2003 2:35:49 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793677

Part 2 of 2...Levin's Transcript: SNOW: OK. Senator, let me ask you, do you think Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction? LEVIN: I think it now is likely that he did not have weapons of mass destruction. SNOW: OK. If that's the case, how do you explain his behavior -- stonewalling inspectors, acting in a deliberately provocative way toward the United States, basically kicking inspectors out? What on earth, if a guy did not have those weapons, would lead him to embark upon such a path? LEVIN: The only thing I can think of -- and God knows, nobody can get inside the mind of a Saddam Hussein. The only thing I can think of would be that he thought that if we believed he had weapons of mass destruction that perhaps we would not attack him. SNOW: So, in other words, he had bad intelligence? LEVIN: I -- he had what intelligence? SNOW: You're saying he may have believed he had weapons that he didn't have? LEVIN: No. I'm saying that if he -- if we believed he had weapons, if he created an impression that he had weapons, even though he didn't, that perhaps -- don't ask me to psychoanalyze Saddam -- that perhaps he would think that we would not attack him because he would fear that he would use weapons of mass destruction. SNOW: OK. Senator, Saudi Arabia, there was a blast overnight, apparently Al Qaeda. What would you like to see the United States do in response? LEVIN: I think that we have to work with countries of the world, all countries of the world, in terms of defeating terrorism. We need allies in that war. We've been much too unilateral in that war. We've gone it alone much too much in this whole war, going into Iraq and right now still going it alone, I'm afraid, not having the support of the international community, including a lot of Arab countries that, it seems to me, it's essential that we have with us. And in order to do that, we're going to have to give up some of the control that we have in Iraq, and that's what's being considered right now, finally. The administration is looking at other options in terms of turning over Iraq more to the control of the Iraqis. And it's very important that we focus on those kind of issues. What do we do now in Iraq, rather than be sidetracked by a memo that was written by a staffer, which was apparently for the file. That's why it is so critical that we keep focusing on North Korea, on what's going on now in Iraq. These are the critical issues, and we should not in any way be distracted by side issues. SNOW: OK. Senator Carl Levin, we always wish we had more time, but we don't. Thank you so much for joining us. LEVIN: Thank you so much, Tony. foxnews.com