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Value of Pre-War Iraq Intelligence Questioned

A Defense Intelligence Agency assessment suggests pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs from defectors and Iraqis in exile may have been useless, according to The New York Times. Meanwhile, two members of the House Intelligence Committee send a letter to CIA Director George Tenet charging failures of intelligence on Iraq. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

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Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
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