WMD IN IRAQ: Evidence and Implications
In a new report, WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications, Carnegie authors Jessica Mathews, George Perkovich, and Joseph Cirincione outline policy reforms to improve threat assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, strengthen the UN weapons inspection process, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process.
The policy recommendations flow from a detailed study that distills a massive amount of data into side-by-side comparisons of pre-war intelligence on Iraq; weapons of mass destruction, the official U.S. presentation of that intelligence, and what is now known about Iraq's programs.
The authors conclude that Iraq was not an imminent threat, that UN inspections were working far better than realized, that our intelligence process failed, that officials misrepresented the threat, and, importantly, that war was not the best-or only-option. Key policy recommendations include:
· Create a nonpartisan independent commission to establish a clear picture of what the intelligence community knew and believed it knew about Iraq's weapon's program
· Revise the National Security Strategy to eliminate a U.S. policy of unilateral, preventive war
· Formalize collaboration between the United States and United Nations to create a permanent, international, nonproliferation inspection capability
· Consider changing the post of Director of Central Intelligence from a political appointment to a career appointment, based on the outcomes of the independent commission
The new report is by the Carnegie team responsible for two earlier studies, Iraq: A New Approach (Aug. 2002)
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/Iraq-Report.asp?from=pubdate
and Iraq: What Next? (Jan. 2003)
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/Iraq-ReportWhatsNext.asp?from=pubtype
To access the full report, a two-page summary, and other resources, visit: http://www.ceip.org/intel
Please Click below to explore Carnegie's North Korea Resources:
US experts and Senate Staff members are heading for North Korea and may travel to the secret nuclear facility at Yongbyon. The delegations have been disavowed by the US Government, but the trip offers an opportunity to learn about North Korea 's nuclear capabilities. http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/nk
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://www.ceip.org/
Please also see:
What They Don't Want You To Know
John Pilger (The New Statesman)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5498.htm
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By DAVID VEST
Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.org
Open Door Policy
A strange thing happened on the way to the war.
By Karen Kwiatkowski
Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former Pentagon insider, concludes her observations on the run-up to the Iraq war in this last of a three-part series.
American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/1_19_04/article1.html
Journalists Under Fire
The Death of José Couso in Baghdad
By JAMES HOLLANDER
Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.com/hollander01082004.html
Chickenhearts at Notre Dame
The Pervasive Fear of Talking About the Israeli Connection
By BILL and KATHLEEN CHRISTISON
Conterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.com/christison12132003.html
Iraq war a big mistake, says report
Phillip Coorey
New York
10jan04
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday there was never any concrete evidence Saddam Hussein had ties to al-Qaida.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8358764%255E663,00.html
How The War Machine Is Driving The US Economy
Military Keynsianism Might Get Bush Re-Elected,
But It Is Starting To Worry Economists
By Andrew Gumbel
The Independent - UK
http://www.rense.com/general47/usecon.htm
IMF Warns US Budget Gaps
Endanger World Economy
By Joseph Rebello
Dow Jones Newswires
http://www.rense.com/general47/gps.htm
Problems Found in US Inflation Accounting
http://www.libertywhistle.us
In a new report, WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications, Carnegie authors Jessica Mathews, George Perkovich, and Joseph Cirincione outline policy reforms to improve threat assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, strengthen the UN weapons inspection process, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process.
The policy recommendations flow from a detailed study that distills a massive amount of data into side-by-side comparisons of pre-war intelligence on Iraq; weapons of mass destruction, the official U.S. presentation of that intelligence, and what is now known about Iraq's programs.
The authors conclude that Iraq was not an imminent threat, that UN inspections were working far better than realized, that our intelligence process failed, that officials misrepresented the threat, and, importantly, that war was not the best-or only-option. Key policy recommendations include:
· Create a nonpartisan independent commission to establish a clear picture of what the intelligence community knew and believed it knew about Iraq's weapon's program
· Revise the National Security Strategy to eliminate a U.S. policy of unilateral, preventive war
· Formalize collaboration between the United States and United Nations to create a permanent, international, nonproliferation inspection capability
· Consider changing the post of Director of Central Intelligence from a political appointment to a career appointment, based on the outcomes of the independent commission
The new report is by the Carnegie team responsible for two earlier studies, Iraq: A New Approach (Aug. 2002)
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/Iraq-Report.asp?from=pubdate
and Iraq: What Next? (Jan. 2003)
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/Iraq-ReportWhatsNext.asp?from=pubtype
To access the full report, a two-page summary, and other resources, visit: http://www.ceip.org/intel
Please Click below to explore Carnegie's North Korea Resources:
US experts and Senate Staff members are heading for North Korea and may travel to the secret nuclear facility at Yongbyon. The delegations have been disavowed by the US Government, but the trip offers an opportunity to learn about North Korea 's nuclear capabilities. http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/nk
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://www.ceip.org/
Please also see:
What They Don't Want You To Know
John Pilger (The New Statesman)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5498.htm
Wounded "Held Captive" at Walter Reed
Disabled Vets Fire Back at Rumsfeld
By DAVID VEST
Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.org
Open Door Policy
A strange thing happened on the way to the war.
By Karen Kwiatkowski
Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former Pentagon insider, concludes her observations on the run-up to the Iraq war in this last of a three-part series.
American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/1_19_04/article1.html
Journalists Under Fire
The Death of José Couso in Baghdad
By JAMES HOLLANDER
Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.com/hollander01082004.html
Chickenhearts at Notre Dame
The Pervasive Fear of Talking About the Israeli Connection
By BILL and KATHLEEN CHRISTISON
Conterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.com/christison12132003.html
Iraq war a big mistake, says report
Phillip Coorey
New York
10jan04
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday there was never any concrete evidence Saddam Hussein had ties to al-Qaida.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8358764%255E663,00.html
How The War Machine Is Driving The US Economy
Military Keynsianism Might Get Bush Re-Elected,
But It Is Starting To Worry Economists
By Andrew Gumbel
The Independent - UK
http://www.rense.com/general47/usecon.htm
IMF Warns US Budget Gaps
Endanger World Economy
By Joseph Rebello
Dow Jones Newswires
http://www.rense.com/general47/gps.htm
Problems Found in US Inflation Accounting
http://www.libertywhistle.us