There was an absolutely closed mind, |
There was an absolutely closed mind. They would not look at alternative explanations. |
There's a lot more work to do before we can declare we're at the end of this road rather than at the beginning. We have found a great deal, much of which was not declared to the United Nations. |
There's no way that that would have been discovered by normal international inspections. I couldn't have done it. My successors couldn't have done it. |
They are scared to death, |
This includes substantial equipment and activity in the chemical and biological area, a much more substantial activity in the missile area, ... The Iraqis were engaged in a very full-scale program that would have extended their delivery systems out beyond 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). |
This includes substantial equipment and activity in the chemical and biological area, a much more substantial activity in the missile area. The Iraqis were engaged in a very full-scale program that would have extended their delivery systems out beyond 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). |
This is important for domestic support of the intelligence community and of our foreign policy. It's important for national security, and it's certainly important for our ability to lead other countries in the future against threats that we may think threaten us. |
This was a program that over 25 years spent billions of dollars, [involved] 10,000 people, was actively shielded by a security and deception plan, ... It is not something that is easy to unwrap. |
We bought 10 years of freedom from the threat of nuclear holocaust in North Korea. |
We do, after all, have the case of A.Q. Khan, who, for 20 years, sold secrets of nuclear weapons production to countries around the world, ... It took about 18 years before we discovered it and managed to stop it. |
We had some tough breaks down the line, ... I guess it was just being in the right place at the right time. We had a tough time at DB (defensive back) all night. We just finally came up big. |
We're taking steps to ensure we're all singing off the same sheet of music, ... Coordination is essential to the effort we're engaged in, and we have learned from our mistakes. |
You pick inspectors according to their competence. |