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To: tejek who wrote (2610)	2/4/2004 11:57:53 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

1 - That the CIA lied. 2 - That the CIA was mistaken. 3 - That there where WMD but probably not nearly as much as we thought. 4 - There are tons and tons of WMD we just haven't found them yet. 4 seems very unlikely, and I wouldn't bet on 1 either. There's a 5th possibility.......Bush culled from the intel reports those statements or arguments that supported the notion that Iraq had WMDs. Frankly, I think that's the most likely possibility. I consider 2 and 3 to be the most likely possibilities. If 2 is true there is a bit of 5 as well because there where some dissenting reports but the official final version from the CIA said that there were WMD. If the existence of dissenting opinions means that the president somehow manipulated intel then presidents always manipulate the intel because there is almost always dissents, minority versions and/or conflicting opinions in the intelligence community. Tim