White House Shows Less Certainty Now on Iraq's Arms
By JAMES RISEN
Published: January 27, 2004
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 — The White House began to back away on Monday from its assertions that Iraq had illegal weapons, saying it now wanted to compare prewar intelligence assessments with what may be actually found there.
The evolving position followed criticism of the intelligence reports about Iraq from the C.I.A.'s former chief weapons inspector, David A. Kay, comments that increased pressure on the C.I.A. and intensified the political debate in Washington over who was responsible for shaping the prewar intelligence that President Bush used to justify toppling Saddam Hussein.
While Republican leaders have focused on the C.I.A. and how it gathered intelligence, Democrats have called for a close look at how the White House used that information.
On Monday White House officials were no longer asserting that stockpiles of banned weapons would eventually be found.
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