According to the Silberman-Robb Commission’s report, which was released on March 31, 2005: ” ‘…CIA’s post-war investigations revealed that INC [Iraqi National Congress]-related sources had a minimal impact on pre-war assessments. The October [1] 2002 NIE [National Intelligence Estimate] relied on reporting from two INC sources, both of whom were later deemed to be fabricators. […]
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3/31/2005
The report of the presidential commission chaired by Laurence H. Silberman and Charles S. Robb, released March 31, 2005, said, in its conclusion: ” ‘In retrospect, we conclude that the Intelligence Community’s leadership should have more aggressively investigated [Iraqi informant] Curveball’s bona fides, rather than seeing the confidence of the analysts and the responsible liaison […]
3/31/2005
The conclusion of the Robb-Silberman Commission report on March 31, 2005, included the following ‘Biological Warfare Findings:’ ” ‘1. The DIA’s [Defense Intelligence Agency’s] Defense HUMINT [human intelligence] Service’s failure even to attempt to validate [Iraqi informant] Curveball’s reporting was a major failure in operational tradecraft. 2. Indications of possible problems with Curveball began to […]
3/31/2005
The Robb-Silberman Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction’s Report to the President of the United States on March 31, 2005 “concluded that there was ‘virtually no useful signals intelligence [in Iraq] on a target that was one of the United States’ top intelligence priorities.’ ” – Matthew […]
3/31/2005
The Robb-Silberman Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction concluded on March 31, 2005, that “Signals Intelligence provided only minimal information regarding Iraq’s chemical weapons programs and, due to the nature of the sources, what was provided was of dubious quality and therefore of questionable value.’ ” – […]
3/30/2005
“The [Bush] administration had been ‘too loud, too direct’ in trying to convince others to back its Iraq invasion, and [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld’s caustic rhetoric had alienated traditional U.S. allies, he [former Secretary of State Colin Powell] told a German magazine [Stern, published on March 30, 2005].” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life […]
3/29/2005
During his speech on freedom and democracy, President George W. Bush stated: “This democracy will need defending. And Iraqi security forces are taking on greater responsibility in the fight against the insurgents and terrorists. Today, more than 145,000 Iraqis have been trained and are serving courageously across Iraq. In recent weeks, they’ve taken the lead in offensive […]
3/29/2005
On March 29, 2005, the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, “Lt.-Gen. David Barno had prophetically warned, ‘Al Qaeda clearly still wants to see the Taliban stage some kind of a comeback in Afghanistan. …They’re still providing financing, with guidance, training, support and selected individuals that help lead and motivate the operations in Afghanistan. They […]
3/27/2005
On March 27, 2005, author Peter Lance interviewed Rafael ‘Raffy’ Garcia III, President of Mega Data, one of Manila’s largest information technology companies. Garcia had been hired by the Philippines National Police to decode information on World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef’s laptop. Besides uncovering information on plots for Bojinka and the assassination of Pope […]
3/25/2005
According to information in an Associated Press article on March 25, 2005: “The U.S. military now admitted for the first time that twenty-seven prisoners had died in detention in Iraq and Afghanistan, out of an estimated fifty thousand detainees held in both countries since 9/11. The Pentagon admitted to the deaths of seven prisoners in […]