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To: Win Smith who wrote (136174)	6/10/2004 4:06:32 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 281500

Some of the key US intelligence that is the basis for the conclusion that Iraq has large caches of weapons of mass destruction looks increasingly circumstantial, and even shaky as it is further scrutinized, subjected to outside analysis and on-the-ground verification, according to informed sources. A false premise which leads to a erroneous conclusion. The burden of proving compliance was on Saddam.....he failed.....the risk had to be dealt with.....and was.... J.

To: Win Smith who wrote (136174)	6/10/2004 4:10:44 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You just don't get it... The onus for providing evidence of Iraq's disarmament rested upon Saddam's shoulders, not the rest of the world (including the CIA). There was a 15-0 vote in the UNSC that unanimously concurred that Saddam's government was in "Material Breach" of its disarment accords based upon the lack of supporting documentation and credible evidence to account for all of his WMDs. There was also a 175 page UNMOVIC report released days before the war began that outlined all the areas in which Iraq was not in compliance. Shoot.. we lacked strong, conclusive evidence for both positions related to the possession of WMD stockpiles and continuing research. To date we have not discovered the stockpiles. However, David Kay DID discover evidence of the continuance of BANNED WMD research. This was supposed to be an inspection, not an investigation.. Nor should it have EVER required any intelligence agency to be required to speculate as to whether Saddam had WMDs or not. Saddam was supposed to provide the evidence, or cooperate FULLY with inspection teams attempting to resolve the decrepancies. He did neither. Hawk