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Thanks for the link to the report. I guess it's been declassified.

The report had High Confidence that SH was violating the terms of his cease-fire agreement with the U.S., and also high confidence that SH was continuing his WMD program and was working to obtain nukes within the near future.

Post 911, why wait until SH already has nukes and is undeterrable, when we had just cause to remove him for violating his cease-fire obligations now?

The U.N. was useless, and so were the economic sanctions against Iraq and constant "containment", which was even more worrisome (why did SH refuse to cooperate with inspections and willingly endure crippling sanctions if he had no WMD programs?)

Sperry's got a strange agenda... what's up with his distortions? He sounds just like a mentally-challenged Leftist. And what's up with Farah???

Confidence Levels for Selected Key Judgments in This Estimate

High Confidence:

•Iraq is continuing, and in some areas expanding its chemical, biological, nuclear and missile programs contrary to UN resolutions.

•We are not detecting portions of these weapons programs.

•Iraq possesses proscribed chemical and biological weapons and missiles.

•Iraq could make a nuclear weapon in months to a year once if acquires sufficient weapons-grade fissile material.

Moderate Confidence:

•Iraq does not yet have a nuclear weapon or sufficient material to make one but is likely to have a weapon by 2007 to 2009. (See INR alternative view, page 84).

Low Confidence:

•When Saddam would use weapons of mass destruction.

•Whether Saddam would engage in clandestine attacks against the US Homeland.

•Whether in desperation Saddam would share chemical or biological weapons with al-Qa'ida. { p.6 }