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Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers</h5><div id="hnews-vcard" style="display:none;"></div> <div class="story_body"> <p>Undercutting assertions by former vice president Dick Cheney and other former Bush administration officials, the CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks". <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/04/24/66895/cia-official-no-proof-harsh-techniques.html">» read more</a></p></div> <div class="left"><p class="date">Posted on Fri, April 24, 2009</p></div> </div> <div class="box_story story float_container"> <h1 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/10/07/53605/new-us-intelligence-report-warns.html">New U.S. intelligence report warns 'victory' not certain in Iraq</a></h1> <h5 class="byline"> Jonathan S. Landay, Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. 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Landay | McClatchy Newspapers</h5><div id="hnews-vcard" style="display:none;"></div> <div class="story_body"> <p>A long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee report made public this morning concludes that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney made public statements to promote an invasion of Iraq that they knew at the time were not supported by available intelligence. "There is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate," said Sen. John D. 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Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers</h5><div id="hnews-vcard" style="display:none;"></div> <div class="story_body"> <p>The Pentagon on Wednesday canceled plans for broad public release of a study that found no pre-Iraq war link between late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the al Qaida terrorist network. <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/03/12/30172/pentagon-cancels-release-of-controversial.html">» read more</a></p></div> <div class="left"><p class="date">Posted on Wed, March 12, 2008</p></div> </div> <div class="box_story story float_container"> <h1 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/03/10/29959/exhaustive-review-finds-no-link.html">Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida</a></h1> <h5 class="byline"> Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers</h5><div id="hnews-vcard" style="display:none;"></div> <div class="story_body"> <p>The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam's regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials told McClatchy. <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/03/10/29959/exhaustive-review-finds-no-link.html">» read more</a></p></div> <div class="left"><p class="date">Posted on Mon, March 10, 2008</p></div> </div> <div class="box_story story float_container"> <h1 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/08/23/19154/august-2007s-national-intelligence.html">August 2007's National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq</a></h1> <h5 class="byline"> John Walcott | McClatchy Newspapers</h5><div id="hnews-vcard" style="display:none;"></div> <div class="story_body"> <p>A new National Intelligence Estimate on the prospects for stability in Iraq concludes that while the security situation there has improved somewhat, the level of violence remains high, al Qaida in Iraq is still able to mount major attacks, Iraqi security forces are still unable to operate without American help and "to date, Iraq's political leaders remain unable to govern effectively". <a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/08/23/19154/august-2007s-national-intelligence.html">» read more</a></p></div> <div class="left"><p class="date">Posted on Thu, August 23, 2007</p></div> </div> </div> <div id="col_2"> <!-- begin shared/searchbar_separate.comp --> <div id="search_bar_separate"> <form onsubmit="return checkSearch(this)" method="get" id="searchbox" name="searchbox" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/search_results"> <input class="text" type="text" name="q" size="35" maxlength="150" value="Search this site" onmouseover="clearf(this,'Search')" onmouseout="setf(this,'Search')" value=""/> <input class="button" type="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130309170055im_/http://media.mcclatchydc.com/static/images/button.gif" alt="submit"/> </form> </div> <!-- end shared/searchbar_separate.comp --> <div id="recent_stories" class="box_2"> <div class="rss_btn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/128/index.atom"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130309170055im_/http://media.mcclatchydc.com/static/images/icons_small.gif" alt="rss"/></a> </div> <h2>Recent Iraq intelligence Headlines</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/07/11/17855/few-iraq-benchmarks-have-been.html">· Few Iraq benchmarks have been met, McClatchy analysis shows</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/07/11/17854/new-us-intelligence-assessment.html">· New U.S. intelligence assessment casts doubts on Bush's Iraq policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/07/10/17777/bush-again-links-iraq-violence.html">· Bush again links Iraq violence to 9/11</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2002/07/25/8522/bush-administration-moved-ahead.html">· Bush administration moved ahead in plans to oust Saddam Hussein, 7/25/02</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/05/31/16338/bush-administration-pushed-for.html">· Bush administration pushed for proof linking Saddam, al-Qaida, 7/03/03</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/05/25/16340/new-reports-intelligence-agencies.html">· New reports: Intelligence agencies had warned Bush that an Iraq invasion faced many challenges</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/05/25/16532/intelligence-agencies-warned-bush.html">· Intelligence agencies warned Bush about challenges of Iraq invasion, 5/27/07</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130309170055/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/02/16/15630/sens-rockefeller-bond-working.html">· Sens. 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