The Bush's distorted intelligence & presented conjecture as fact to justify the Iraq invasion, according to Greg Thielmann, a retired intelligence official, who served during the months before the war. "What disturbs me deeply is what I think are the disingenuous statements made from the top about what the intelligence did say." The greatest distortion was in the nuclear field. Thielmann was director of the strategic, proliferation & military issues office in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence & Research. He was privy to classified intelligence about Iraq's chem-bio & nuclear programs. Thielmann believes Iraq may have presented an immediate threat to U.S. security in two areas: nuclear weapons, or ties to Al-Qaida. Evidence was lacking for both, despite claims by Bush & others, Thielmann said. Suspicions were presented as fact, contrary arguments ignored.
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