I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance. — David Kay Copy Share Image
The fact that it wasn't tells me that we've got a much more fundamental problem of understanding what went wrong, and we've got to… — David Kay Copy Share Image
And like I say, I think we've got other cases other than Iraq. I do not think the problem of global proliferation of weapons… — David Kay Copy Share Image
I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. — David Kay Copy Share Image
I do believe we have to understand why reality turned out to be different than expectations and estimates. But you have more public service… — David Kay Copy Share Image
There's a long record here of being wrong. There's a good reason for it. There are probably multiple reasons. Certainly proliferation is a hard… — David Kay Copy Share Image
I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had… — David Kay Copy Share Image
I would also point out that many governments that chose not to support this war - certainly, the French president, Jacques Chirac, as I… — David Kay Copy Share Image
And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of… — David Kay Copy Share Image
Both of us are known for probably at times regrettable streak of independence. — David Kay Copy Share Image
I think the aim - and certainly the aim of what I've tried to do since leaving - is not political and certainly not… — David Kay Copy Share Image
And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get… — David Kay Copy Share Image
The Libyan program recently discovered was far more extensive than was assessed prior to that. — David Kay Copy Share Image
