> it was unclear to what extent Hussein had made any progress on building -- or buying -- nuclear weapons;
It was very clear that he hadn't, the US government (just like the chemical weapons) chose to ignore their own intelligence because it didn't suit their purpose.
If you prefer something that you can sit and watch, see BBC Panorama's "The Spies who Fooled the World" - it is both interesting and frightening, especially the part where the single person who was the US source used in Powell's UN brief tells the interviewer he made everything up:
It was very clear that he hadn't, the US government (just like the chemical weapons) chose to ignore their own intelligence because it didn't suit their purpose.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/congress/2004_r...
> On March 1, 2002, INR published an intelligence assessment, Niger: Sale of Uranium to Iraq Is Unlikely.
The Senate did an entire hearing on pre-war intelligence, you really should read it:
http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=29877...
If you prefer something that you can sit and watch, see BBC Panorama's "The Spies who Fooled the World" - it is both interesting and frightening, especially the part where the single person who was the US source used in Powell's UN brief tells the interviewer he made everything up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3K9twuuU7g