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to national security?

Zahraa's brother worked with

In '91 it was blanket-bombed by B-52's.

Hussein Kamel kept the scientists together,

threatening to kill them

if they tried to leave.

But sanctions destroyed the economy.

And when Kamel was executed in '95,

the team just drifted apart.

They're all saying the same thing. Everyone.

There's no weapons program.

You've got 30 nuclear scientists

interrogated by Iraqis in Iraq

all saying the same thing.

Jim, these people took a great risk.

To bring us what?

I could have saved us the airfare.

The White House is getting stove-piped.

Someone is cherry-picking raw data

and serving it up to the press as fact.

Then they look to us to confirm it.

It's bullshit.

One of Saddam's ministers asked him

why he had executed a certain official

who'd been a loyal supporter.

Saddam said,

"I would rather kill my friends in error

"than to allow my enemies to live. "

For me, that's the mark of a monster.

Vice President Cheney,

members of Congress,

distinguished citizens and fellow citizens.

Every year, by law and by custom

we meet here

to consider the state of the Union.

- Thank you so much.

- You're welcome.

Wait, we'd like you to have this coffee mug

- and some pennants for your kids.

- Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming

and speaking to us.

Drive safe out there.

...the gravest danger in the War on Terror.

The gravest danger

facing America and the world.

I'll have a black eye to go, please.

What's that?

Two shots of espresso in coffee.

Black coffee.

US Intelligence indicates Saddam Hussein

has upwards of 30,000 munitions capable

- of delivering chemical agents.

- Thank you.

From three Iraqi defectors

we know that Iraq in the late 1990s

had several mobile

biological weapons labs.

Saddam Hussein had an advanced

nuclear weapons development program,

had a design for a nuclear weapon,

and was working on five different methods

of enriching uranium for a bomb.

The British government has learned

that Saddam Hussein

recently sought significant quantities

of uranium from Africa.

Our intelligence sources tell us

that he has attempted to purchase

high-strength aluminum tubes

suitable for nuclear weapons production.

This nation fights reluctantly

because we know the cost.

We dread the days of mourning

that always come.

We seek peace.

We strive for peace.

And sometimes peace must be defended.

In Baghdad,

42 cruise missiles and bunker buster bombs

from F-117's

were aimed at Iraq's leaders.

...campaign called Shock and Awe.

He vowed the US

will accept no outcome but victory.

For approximately five to eight minutes.

Bill? Wait up.

Every team is combing the desert

looking for WMDs.

Look, all I need is a couple...

We don't have the resources, Val!

- To get these families...

- Listen to me!

Will you listen to me?

Let's say we extract these guys.

We bring them home and put them on CNN.

What do you think they're going to tell us

that the White House wants to hear? Huh?

"Thank you, and by the way,

there was no nuclear program.

"There is no WMD. P.S. You all knew that. "

Think about it.

Do you want me to go to the DCI

and ask him to sign off on his own funeral?

Bill, I gave my word.

That's not my problem.

I got bigger problems.

It's like if there was a baby

on the ledge up on 7th.

No one would get up and save it

in case the White House wanted it there.

Bill's right. This is just one snafu in 1,000

that we have right now.

- These scientists are not our...

- These scientists are the WMD.

If we can't protect them, they'll run straight

to the first country who can

and they'll put them to work.

I never said this.

If anyone ever asks I'll deny all knowledge.

How quietly can you do this?

I need to know my family will be safe.

My wife, my children, we're all in danger.

Hammad, I know that.

We'll take care of your family

but we have to move fast, okay?

How do I know I can trust you?

Hammad, listen to me, do exactly as I say.

We won't let you down.

The US Military has reported

the death of another five US soldiers

on Wednesday.

One soldier died after being struck

by a bomb while on foot patrol.

Reported killed across the country.

Official Iraqi figures show that 966...

The British government has learned

that Saddam Hussein...

...significant quantities of uranium

from Africa.

The British government has learned

that Saddam Hussein

recently sought significant quantities

of uranium from Africa.

Listen, Pete, I want to ask you

something. It's very important.

Is it possible that the President is referring

to another African country, not Niger?

I've seen the INR. It's Niger.

He's referring specifically

to yellowcake from Niger. Why?

I'm the source. I went to Niger. It's wrong.

It's not true.

I see.

What exactly are you proposing to do?

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

Do you want my advice?

Do nothing. You already did your job.

You did your best, you came home.

End of story.

We're talking about Niger.

Yellowcake from Niger.

I don't have to go all the way to Africa

to know something's messed up here.

Three months and what have we found?

No centrifuges, no yellowcake,

no bio, no WMDs.

You think something's up, here?

Join the line.

It stretches all the way from State

to the Pentagon and back.

Why hasn't anybody stepped forward?

Why do you think, Joe?

We went to war.

Listen, as your friend now,

just be smart.

You have a wife and a family.

We're talking

about the President of the United States.

The White House.

Go take a long look in the mirror

and say that again.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm just tired.

Are the kids asleep?

Yeah, they're asleep.

Okay, good.

I'm gonna go up.

There are some who feel like

the conditions are such

that they can attack us there.

My answer is, bring them on.

We've got the force necessary

to deal with the security situation.

There's zero, nada, nothing new here.

I think the President's statement

at the State of the Union

goes much broader than the Niger question.

Is the President's statement correct?

Yes.

I see nothing that goes broader

that would indicate there was no basis

for the President's broader statement.

But, specifically on the yellowcake

from Niger,

we have acknowledged that that did in fact

turn out to be a forgery.

Oh, sh*t.

I'm sorry?

The British report.

Um...

Mark, clear my morning.

It was wrong, then?

Let me do this, David.

On David's specific question.

I'm going to come back to you on that.

Fleischer plowed the briefing.

I saw.

CBS knows yellowcake was pulled

from Cincinnati 10 weeks ago.

At the CIA's request.

They also had

that Gerson wrote both speeches.

Karl is looking for you. He's unhappy.

I want a transcript of everything across

network, blogs, and print citing

Ambassador Wilson, Niger or yellowcake.

Tell Karl I'll be in my office

straight after I'm done.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals...

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