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...holding back in hopes of becoming CIA director, saying that is not "a career objective" and adding that "nobody's ever asked me who's in a position to give me the job." Goss insisted the committee can't fully review the pre-war intelligence until the Iraq Survey Group, whose 1,200 inspectors under David Kay are currently scouring Iraq for evidence of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism links, has made more progress in its work. "That process is still ahead of us because we haven't pulled the curtain back" in Iraq, Goss said...
...Qaeda association may be only one problem facing the administration as the truth about Iraq begins to emerge. Expectations of the Survey Group's report, expected in the next two weeks, may have been raised by administration officials who, when facing a clamor over the failure to find weapons of mass destruction early in the summer, called for patience and expressed confidence that the group led by former UNSCOM official David Kay would prove the existence of such weapons. Subsequently, officials began to downshift somewhat, stressing that evidence would be found of programs to build weapons, but not necessarily...
...Another reason to clear up the administration's stance on Iraq and 9/11 may be the imminent preliminary report of the Iraq Survey Group, whose 1,200 inspectors are currently scouring Iraq for evidence of weapons of mass destruction and links between Saddam's regime and terrorism. Even if the administration now swears it never implied any connection between Iraq and the attacks, the fact that so many Americans believe that association - and therefore, obviously, hold it as a central reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq - must be worrying. Because as the burden of occupation on ordinary Americans grows...
...more recently, strongly hinted that his report won't contain smoking gun evidence - the 1,200 member Iraq Survey Group has found no actual prohibited weapons in Iraq, he has told U.S. legislators. Instead, he's expected to offer evidence in support of the argument that whether or not Saddam had actual weapons of mass destruction, he retained the capability and intent to restart his programs once freed of the shackles and scrutiny of the UN sanctions program. One senior U.S. official told the Financial Times, "They won't find weapons but that was never the issue...
...These survey results are ugly. They express the chasm between people and organizations. But the corporate response has been typical of institutions in crisis—they tend to produce the same old behaviors, only with more ferocity. Companies cut costs and lay people off and make consumers...