US Officials Accuse German Intel 0f Bad Intel

[nhboy]

"Five years ago, US troops marched into Iraq, convinced they would find weapons of mass destruction. One threat seemed particularly palpable -- biological weapons produced in mobile facilities. US officials now say the assumption originated in part from bad intelligence out of Germany.

Five years after the US invasion of Iraq, intelligence agency failures in the run-up to the war are once again taking center stage. Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), provided the Bush administration with critical -- and questionable -- information regarding alleged mobile biological weapons laboratories, according to former US government officials."

Bad Information: US Officials Accuse German Intelligence of Pre-Iraq War Failures - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

 

[This_person]

"Five years ago, US troops marched into Iraq, convinced they would find weapons of mass destruction. One threat seemed particularly palpable -- biological weapons produced in mobile facilities. US officials now say the assumption originated in part from bad intelligence out of Germany.

Five years after the US invasion of Iraq, intelligence agency failures in the run-up to the war are once again taking center stage. Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), provided the Bush administration with critical -- and questionable -- information regarding alleged mobile biological weapons laboratories, according to former US government officials."

Bad Information: US Officials Accuse German Intelligence of Pre-Iraq War Failures - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Wow! We were given and had bad intelligence that helped our decision to go to Iraq!! This is sorry, this is quite a sorry again quite a story!