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Well, the Washington Post<\/font><\/strong> did carry the AP Wire Story. I only located it by searching the site. It wasn’t on the front page. But look at the title!<\/font><\/strong> <\/div>\n
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UN’s Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence<\/a>
The Associated Press
Washington Post<\/strong>
By DAVID STRINGER
July 27, 2010<\/div>\n

LONDON – The United Nations inspector who led a doomed hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told Britain’s inquiry into the 2003 invasion Tuesday that the U.S. and U.K. relied on flawed intelligence and showed dubious judgment in the buildup to war… <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

At a London hearing, Blix said those who were "100 percent certain there were weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq turned out to have "less than zero percent knowledge" of where the purported hidden caches would be found…<\/p>\n

He said he told Rice and Blair his "belief, faith in intelligence had been weakened"… <\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

An earlier British investigation criticized U.K. spy agency officials for relying on seriously flawed or unreliable sources in drafting prewar dossiers on Iraq’s threat. Last week, Eliza Manningham-Buller, ex-director of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5, told the inquiry that the prewar intelligence picture was "fragmentary," raising similar concerns to Blix…<\/p>\n

Blix said he believed Blair – who testified to the inquiry in January – was genuine in his belief that Iraq has was concealing weapons, but ultimately mistaken. "I certainly felt that he was absolutely sincere in his belief," Blix said. "What I questioned was the good judgment, particularly with Bush, but also in Blair’s judgment." Blair told the five-member panel in January it was right to invade even if there was just a "possibility that he could develop weapons of mass destruction"…<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
"flawed intelligence<\/strong>" "dubious intelligence<\/strong>" "dubious judgement<\/strong>" – they don’t show up in a search of the verbatim transcript of his testimony. <\/div>\n
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The US and UK Commission Reports said something like that … <\/div>\n