--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, you are saying that in 2002, a major intelligence agency > > concluded that Iraq had no WMD stockpiles of any kind? > > > No. You've inverted the statement. The NIE, as well as Tenet in > later public statements about that NIE, said that they believed > that Iraq had stockpiles of chemical and biological agents, but > they were not weaponized.
And this was before the war? And they concluded that *none* of the stockpiles were weaponized. > There was no delivery system that they were aware of, just an > intention or programs to create them. Makes it kind of hard to > argue for an imminent threat, doesn't it? It depends how long it would take to weaponize them, among other factors. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
