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Smoking mushroom cloud
The White House knew there were no WMD before going to war.
The CIA had evidence Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction six months before the invasion but was ignored by a White House intent on ousting Saddam Hussein, a former senior CIA official said, according to CBS.
"The (White House) group that was dealing with preparation for the Iraq war came back and said they were no longer interested," Tyler Drumheller told CBS on Friday.
"We said: 'Well, what about the intel?' And they said: 'Well, this isn't about intel anymore. This is about regime change'," added Drumheller.
"The policy was set. The war in Iraq was coming and they were looking for intelligence to fit into the policy," the former CIA agent told CBS.
"The (White House) group that was dealing with preparation for the Iraq war came back and said they were no longer interested," Tyler Drumheller told CBS on Friday.
"We said: 'Well, what about the intel?' And they said: 'Well, this isn't about intel anymore. This is about regime change'," added Drumheller.
"The policy was set. The war in Iraq was coming and they were looking for intelligence to fit into the policy," the former CIA agent told CBS.
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