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 figure out what was there. And that's what I call fundamental fault analysis. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Both of us are known for probably at times regrettable streak of independence. — David Kay Copy Share
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
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
The Libyan program recently discovered was far more extensive than was assessed prior to that. — David Kay Copy Share
As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's… — David Kay Copy Share
I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it… — David Kay Copy Share
The Germans certainly - the intelligence service believed that there were WMD. It turns out that we were all wrong, probably in my judgment,… — David Kay Copy Share
