Raw Story has uncovered some devastating testimony given by George Tenet
while he was the director of the C.I.A. This testimony totally contradicts
Bush’s statement on Friday that Democrats had access to the same intelligence as
the White House. Here is a small excerpt from the article that is the most
damming.

But as a bipartisan investigation into prewar intelligence heats up, some
key Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), have unearthed
unreported evidence that indicates Congress was misled. This evidence
includes Tenet’s testimony before Congress, dissenting views from the
scientific community and statements made by members of the administration in
early 2001.

Tenet told Congress in February 2001 that Iraq was “probably” pursuing
chemical and biological weapons programs but that the CIA had no direct
evidence that Iraq had actually obtained such weapons. However, such caveats
as “may” and “probably” were removed from intelligence reports by key
members of the Bush administration immediately after 9/11 when discussing
Iraq.

“We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since
(Operation) Desert Fox to reconstitute its WMD programs,” Tenet said in an
agency report to Congress Feb. 7, 2001. “Moreover, the automated video
monitoring systems installed by the UN at known and suspect WMD facilities
in Iraq are still not operating… Having lost this on-the-ground access, it
is more difficult for the UN or the U.S. to accurately assess the current
state of Iraq’s WMD programs.”

Read the full article

here

We already know that the White House is famous for altering reports and
eliminating key words such as those proven above. Hopefully Phase 2 of the
intelligence report will look closer into this testimony and how much the
intelligence had changed from pre 9/11 up to the vote in Congress to go to war.