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[Kevin Fenton]

This is one of the best articles I've read dealing with the build-up to war in Iraq from a WMD perspective:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/comment/0,12956,1140549,00.html

It says things like:
"With inquiries under way on both sides of the Atlantic, the failure of western intelligence over Iraq is coming under intense scrutiny. Yes, the spies got it wrong, admits former CIA analyst Kenneth Pollack, but the politicians also moulded the evidence to fit the case for war"

and
"The intelligence community did overestimate the scope and progress of Iraq's WMD programmes, although not to the extent that many people believe. The administration stretched those estimates to make a case not only for going to war but for doing so at once, rather than taking the time to build support for military action."

I don't doubt that the CIA, or sections of it, are in bed with the current administration, but I think "just as complicit" is a bit much.