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CIA Chief to Defend Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq
Aired February 05, 2004 - 06:01 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: George Tenet is not just sitting back. He will go on the defensive today in what's expected to be a fiery speech in Washington. The embattled CIA director will try to correct so-called misimpressions about pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Tenet will respond to charges by former weapons inspector David Kay, who told a Senate committee the pre-war intelligence on Iraq was wrong. As Kay put it, we were all wrong.
In Iraq, there is reaction to the WMD controversy, and the search for banned weapons does go on.
CNN's Gaven Morris live from Baghdad now.
Good morning.
GAVEN MORRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Yes, just like everybody in the rest of the world, the people of Iraq are really wondering, where are those weapons of mass destruction, if they exist in the first place.
If you talk to people here on the streets, if you talk to people that know what is going on in the country, and they say there is very much a growing frustration in Iraq. Many people really do want to know if the weapons existed, and if they don't, then there is some disquiet about why the Americans came here in the first place.
A lot of Iraqis say here, look, we're quite glad that Saddam Hussein is gone. We're quite glad that we have now a chance to put things on track for democratic future. But if that was the reason why America came to this war, then they should have said so. If it's all about weapons of mass destruction, then you'd better come up with some proof soon. That's what a lot of Iraqis are saying -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Thank you. Live from Iraq this morning.
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Aired February 5, 2004 - 06:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: George Tenet is not just sitting back. He will go on the defensive today in what's expected to be a fiery speech in Washington. The embattled CIA director will try to correct so-called misimpressions about pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Tenet will respond to charges by former weapons inspector David Kay, who told a Senate committee the pre-war intelligence on Iraq was wrong. As Kay put it, we were all wrong.
In Iraq, there is reaction to the WMD controversy, and the search for banned weapons does go on.
CNN's Gaven Morris live from Baghdad now.
Good morning.
GAVEN MORRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Yes, just like everybody in the rest of the world, the people of Iraq are really wondering, where are those weapons of mass destruction, if they exist in the first place.
If you talk to people here on the streets, if you talk to people that know what is going on in the country, and they say there is very much a growing frustration in Iraq. Many people really do want to know if the weapons existed, and if they don't, then there is some disquiet about why the Americans came here in the first place.
A lot of Iraqis say here, look, we're quite glad that Saddam Hussein is gone. We're quite glad that we have now a chance to put things on track for democratic future. But if that was the reason why America came to this war, then they should have said so. If it's all about weapons of mass destruction, then you'd better come up with some proof soon. That's what a lot of Iraqis are saying -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Thank you. Live from Iraq this morning.
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