Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction

On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.2
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a dramatic story, but problematic journalistically. The two CIA sources are anonymous. Moreover, Blumenthal doesn't present interviews with any other sources opposing or otherwise.

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