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Oct. Report Said Defeated Hussein Would Be Threat

The declassified sections of the NIE were offered by the White House to rebut allegations that the administration had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq's nuclear weapons program. The result, however, could be to raise more questions about whether the administration misrepresented the judgments of the intelligence services on another basis for going to war: the threat posed by Hussein as a source of weapons for terrorists.

During the lead-up to and execution of the war, former Gingrich supporter and current anti-SUV/corporate greed activist Arianna Huffington frequently brought up on Left, Right, and Center the CIA conclusion that Iraq would pose a bigger threat if attacked. Former Bush speechwriter and Canadian David Frum repeatedly denied there was any documentation on this. Left, Wrong, and Misled has a nice ring to it.