Operation Iraqi Freedom Intel: Deception, Decisions, andDestiny.

This article focuses on the U.S. war against Iraq. The author states that the war against Iraq raises several daunting questions. In its final report, the U.S. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States found no compelling evidence that Iraq had either planned or perpetrated attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Further, citing a National Security Council memorandum, the commission found that only anecdotal evidence linked Iraq to al Qaeda. In all, this constitutes the largest intelligence failure in U.S. history. The U.S. intelligence community failed to verify the existence of weapons of mass destruction, ascertain an association between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and terrorist group al Qaeda and find an operational link between Iraq and al Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks.