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Asked directly if he was saying that Iraq did not have any large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in the country, Dr. Kay replied, according to a transcript of the taped interview made public by Reuters, "That is correct."
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lol...seems like a response from a magic eight ball.
just 'cause kay doesn't "think" that the wmds are in iraq, does not mean that they do not exist.
other questions posed to kay in that same interview......
Q: Why did you decide to step down?
A: "It was, as usually it is in these cases, a complex set of issues, it related in part to a reduction in the resource and a change in focus of ISG (Iraq Survey Group). When I had started out, I had made it a condition that ISG be exclusively focused on WMD. That's no longer so. The reduction of resources. And the reason those were important is, and at least to me they were important, is I didn't feel that we could complete the task as quickly as I thought it important to complete the task, unless we exclusively focused ISG.
Q: Is it true that one of the reasons you wanted to step down was because you don't believe that anything will be found, is that true?
A: "No. No, that wasn't the reason. In fact, the reason I thought it important to complete everything is that ... by the time we get to June ... we're not going to find much after June. Once the Iraqis take complete control of the government it is just almost impossible to operate in the way that we operate. In fact it was already becoming tough. We had an important ministry that would not allow its people to be interviewed unless they had someone present. It was like the old regime.
the rest of the interview is mostly peppered with kays "i think"...and "i don't think"....
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...section =news