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Sen Durbin jan 26 06 on iraq wmds Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=192527574 http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=192527574 National Press Club Speech Democratic Party Policy Agenda National Press Club Pelosi, Nancy, U.S. Representative, D-CA Durbin, Richard J., U.S. Senator, D-IL Salant, Jonathan, President, National Press Club rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/e012606_npc.rm?mode=compact Sen. Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Pelosi (D-CA) on State of the Union (1/26/2006) EXCERPT: 38:20 Sen. Durbin (D-IL): "When the debate leading up to the Iraq war occurred, Congresswoman Pelosi and I were both members of our respective intelligence committees, and I sat in there for weeks listening to the briefings from this administration about many of the issues that were being debated publicly leading up to the invasion of Iraq. And I couldn't believe what I was hearing in that closed room. What was being portrayed to the American people as a settled fact, was in fact hotly debated within this administration. Whether it was a question of the existence of weapons of mass destruction, a nuclear program, questions about questions connections with Al Qaeda. I would leave those rooms totally frustrated. I was duty bound not to repeat a word I had heard in those rooms. I would listen to the national debate that was going on and thought, it is not a fair characterization of what our people and our government truly believe about the circumstances in that country. And so I voted against it, as did half the democratic members of the senate intelligence committee. And then what did we find. We found no weapons of mass destruction, no nuclear weapons program, and so many other things we were told, did not exist. So where are we today. The President has driven this bus into a culdesac."

tubes uranium weapons-declaration Blair admits weapons may never be found { January 12 2004 } Blair admits wmds may never be found { July 6 2004 } Blair decided regime change april 2002 despite rhetoric { May 2 2005 } Blix accuses fabricating evidence { April 12 2003 } Blix report doubts wmd { June 2 2003 } British doctored wmd dossier { May 29 2003 } Bush declines to back call for intelligence probe Bush jokes about finding wmds Bush says war worth it despite no wmds Bush says weapons will be found Chemical weapons plant created after invasion { August 14 2005 } Children play with uranium tubes Cia condemned for flawed intelligence Cia operative asked to falsify wmd report { December 9 2004 } Classified study doubts weapons in 2002 Documents concerning uranium came from italy { October 25 2005 } Fbi says profit motivated italian uranium forgery Germ trailer evidence rejected { June 7 2003 } GWB_WMD_Memo [pdf] Inspector reports iraq had no WMD Iraq declared al samoud missiles { April 29 2003 } Iraq destroyed wmd 1995 Iraq may have destroyed wmd { May 27 2003 } Kay blames cia for no wmd Kurds help find wmd lab { May 7 2003 } Mccain picked for iraq intelligence probe Might have to be planted New inspections to plant weapons { April 8 2003 } New reports on us planting wmds in iraq No firm evidence banned weapons { April 7 2003 } No reliable evidence of iraqi weapons { June 6 2003 } No reliable information wmd { June 6 2003 } No weapons found in iraq says report No wmd found but { February 14 2003 } No wmds found in iraq { September 24 2003 } Nuclear program materials still buried { June 26 2003 } Officer refused falsify wmd reports Panel assails CIA for failure on iraq weapons { March 29 2005 } Powell says new data may have affected war decision { February 3 2004 } Powell says wmd stocks wont be found Powell says wmd un speech blot on record Presidential report is critical of intelligence agencies Questions on blair intelligence { April 21 2003 } Report says intel on wmd was dead wrong { March 31 2005 } Rockefeller says weapons should been found { May 29 2003 } Saddam had no weapons in 2003 { October 6 2004 } Saddam says wmd excuse for war Scientist says arms kept till war { April 21 2003 } Scientist surrenders says no wmd Search for wmds in iraq ended last month { January 12 2005 } Sen Durbin jan 26 06 on iraq wmds [mp3] Sen Durbin jan 26 06 on iraq wmds Senate panel blames bad iraq intelligence on CIA Senators told iraqi weapons could hit east coast Seniors sources ruled out finding wmds { July 10 2003 } Skepticism on bushs weapons claims grow { May 22 2003 } Smoking gun wmd site just pesticide Task force unable find wmd { May 11 2003 } Team hunting iraq WMD ends its search { January 12 2005 } Test barrels nerve agent Us adds teams hunt { April 27 2003 } Us not inspected iraq nuclear facility { April 25 2003 } US team concludes saddam had no wmd { April 26 2005 } Us withdraws team of weapons hunters { January 8 2004 } Usa and uk lied war pretext Usa will falsify wmd Weapons hunter quits says doubts they exist Wmd intelligence was falisified { February 15 2004 } Wmd proof [jpg] Files Listed: 69

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