“The CIA-written ‘U.S. Analysis of Iraq’s Declaration’ [to the UN on December 7, 2002] was unequivocal: Saddam Hussein was defying the UN’s Resolution 1441 and was in noncompliance because Iraq in its declaration fails to acknowledge or explain procurement of high specification aluminum tubes…[and] fails to acknowledge efforts to procure uranium from Niger…”
– Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Pages 29-30