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There Is No Doubt That . Saddam Hussein Has Reinvigorated His Weapons Programs. Reports Indicate That Biological, Chemical And Nuclear Programs Continue Apace And May Be Back To Pre-gulf War Status. In Addition, Saddam Continues To Redefine Delivery Systems And Is Doubtless Using The Cover Of A Licit Missile Program To Develop Longer-range Missiles That Will Threaten The United States And Our Allies.

During The Cold War, We Gathered Information By Listening To The Soviets, Taking Pictures Of The Soviets, And We Allowed Our Human Intelligence To Decline.

I Had Earlier Concluded That A War With Iraq Would Be A Distraction From The Successful And Expeditious Completion Of Our Aims In Afghanistan. Now I Had Come To Question Whether The White House Was Telling The Truth.

The White House Was Signaling That The Threat Posed By Saddam Hussein Was Of Such Urgency That It Had Priority Over The Crushing Of Al Qaeda.

I Have Had National Security Background, 10 Years On The Intelligence Committee, The Last Two Years As Chair.