The rhetoric:
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction"
- Vice President Dick Cheney -
"We know where they are, they're in Tikrit and Baghdad and East, West, South, and North somewhat"
- Donald Rumsfeld -
"All the world has now seen the footage of an Iraqi Mirage aircraft with a fuel tank modified to spray biological agents over wide areas. Iraq has developed spray devices that could be used on unmanned aerial vehicals with ranges far beyond what is permitted by the Security Council. A UAV launched from a vessel off the American coast could reach hundreds of miles inland."
- President Bush "World Can Rise to This Moment", White House (2/6/2003) -
The reality:
U.S. concedes WMD search is over with no weapons found
CBS continues to be more accountable about mistakes than the Bush administration. Here is a site which makes this abundantly clear:
From the horse's mouths
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