I would also point out that many governments that chose not to support this war - certainly, the French president, Jacques Chirac, as I recall in April of last year, referred to Iraq's possession of WMD. — David Kay Copy Share Image
Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers. — 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
