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Is the CIA Still Hiding Embarrassing Details of its Iraq WMD Debacle?

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Is the CIA Still Hiding Embarrassing Details of its Iraq WMD Debacle? A former CIA officer is suing his former employer over its bungling on Iraq’s phantom nuclear, biological and chemical weapons Jerry Watson wasn’t always at war with the CIA. His home office is lined with accolades and honors from a 31-year CIA career running clandestine operations and producing analysis for policymakers: a DNI ...
The strongest version of this narrative is that Jerry Watson represents a rare insider attempting to hold the CIA accountable for one of its most consequential failures—the flawed intelligence used to justify the Iraq War. His lawsuit to publish *Absence of Evidence* is framed as a fight for transparency, with Watson arguing that the CIA is suppressing embarrassing details rather than protecting legitimate secrets. The article gives Watson credit for his persistence, even as it acknowledges his ...