CIA knew Iraq had no nukes
Spy’s Notes on Iraqi Aims Were Shelved, Suit Says
By JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON, July 31 – The Central Intelligence Agency was told by an informant in the spring of 2001 that Iraq had abandoned a major element of its nuclear weapons program, but the agency did not share the information with other agencies or with senior policy makers, a former C.I.A. officer has charged.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court here in December, the former C.I.A. officer, whose name remains secret, said that the informant told him that Iraq’s uranium enrichment program had ended years earlier and that centrifuge components from the scuttled program were available for examination and even purchase.
The officer, an employee at the agency for more than 20 years, including several years in a clandestine unit assigned to gather intelligence related to illicit weapons, was fired in 2004.
In his lawsuit, he says his dismissal was punishment for his reports questioning the agency’s assumptions on a series of weapons-related matters. Among other things, he charged that he had been the target of retaliation for his refusal to go along with the agency’s intelligence conclusions.</i>
Well, isn’t this handy for Bush. “See, he didn’t lie- the CIA did!” This, which ties in with the Treasongate Rove situation hand in glove, is all a big mess.
And now they’ve made plans for Iran in a “post 9/11 style event”. Gee, I guess we can predict those now.
