Senior CIA Official Says White House Cherry Picked
This Sunday's 60 Minutes will feature an interview with a former CIA official who says directly that the White House cherry picked intelligence and ignored that which did not support their policy to invade Iraq.
In a CBS News report, the former highest ranking CIA officer in Europe, Tyler Drumheller says the CIA struck a deal with Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri that initially thrilled White House policy makers. That is until he said Iraq had long given up their WMD program, including nuclear weapons development.
"[The source] told us that there were no active weapons of mass destruction programs," says Drumheller. "The [White House] group that was dealing with preparation for the Iraq war came back and said they were no longer interested. And we said 'Well, what about the intel?' And they said 'Well, this isn't about intel anymore. This is about regime change.' "
Anyone still believe the books weren't cooked for this invasion?
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