Three thousand people died, ... No matter how hard we worked or how desperately we tried, it was not enough. The victims and the families of 911 deserve better.
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THIELMANN When it came to presenting the intelligence community's formal judgment on matters White House officials had already publicly addressed-- especially Iraq's nuclear weapons capabilities ... defended very stubbornly the erroneous CIA interpretation.George Tenet
His network is now answering to the world for years of nuclear profiteering,
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The fact that the United States is arguably the world's most powerful nation, ... a larger target for those who don't share our interests, values or beliefs.
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Over the next 15 years ... our cities will face ballistic missile threats from a wider variety of actors -- North Korea, probably Iran and possibly Iraq,
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Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days, ... But these times demand it because the alternative -- politicized, haphazard evaluation without the benefit of time and facts -- may well result in an intelligence community that is damaged and a country that is more at risk.
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The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president.
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