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July 16, 2003
More exaggerations
This time, the CIA is accusing John Bolton, the Undersecretary of State, of planning to present a report that would have contained exaggerated information about Syria's WMD capabilities.
U.S. officials told Knight Ridder that Bolton was prepared to tell members of a House of Representatives International Relations subcommittee that Syria's development of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons had progressed to such a point that they posed a threat to stability in the region.The CIA appears to have managed to win this round, however, as Bolton's testimony has now been put off until September.The CIA and other intelligence agencies said that assessment was exaggerated.
Bolton had also caused a bit of a stir in May of 2002, when he claimed Cuba had a biological weapons program - another assertion disputed by the CIA.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm beginning to think that maybe the only country who's weapons capabilities they don't want to exaggerate is North Korea's - and there's doesn't need any exaggeration to be scary!
Posted by thorswitch at July 16, 2003 05:55 AM
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