U.S. Gave Inaccurate Iraq Picture, Ex-Intel Official (new?)

[FlashHarry]

This Reuters story was filed just an hour ago. It's not the same guy who wrote the NY Times op ed piece, but a retired intel. official.

(Mods, sorry if this is a dupe.)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration gave an inaccurate picture of Iraq (news - web sites)'s military threat before the war, a recently retired State Department intelligence official said on Wednesday, saying intelligence reports showed that Baghdad posed no imminent threat.


"I believe the Bush administration did not provide an accurate picture to the American people of the military threat posed by Iraq," said Greg Thielmann, who retired in September from his post of director of the strategic, proliferation and military affairs office in the State Department's bureau of intelligence and research.


"Some of the fault lies with the performance of the intelligence community, but most of it lies with the way senior officials misused the information they were provided," he said at a press conference held by the Arms Control Association.
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[lkinsale]

1. I already posted this below n/t

[shockingelk]

2. Thielmann old - quotes seem to be new

Theilmann came out in early June saying the same things in a Newsweek article, but these are new quotes - the reporter seems to have called him for comments.

AFAIK, the only other times he's spoken to the press was to Newsweek and Bill Moyers:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/919753.asp
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript224_full.html

if anybody knows of other interviews or articles that quote him (that aren't repeating quotes), please post.