CIA Director George Tenet has spoken out publicly for the first time to defend the gathering of US Intelligence to justify the war on Iraq. He says he never claimed Iraq was an imminent threat.
But a former UN weapons inspector has hit out, accusing Mr Tenet of 'deception'. Scott Ritter says the CIA boss made allegations, but then failed to back them up with substantive facts.
We speak to Scott Ritter, who served in the Office of Special Commission at the United Nations, where he coordinated international efforts to implement United Nations Security Council resolutions mandating the elimination of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
He resigned from his UN position in 1998, after criticising American policy on Iraq.
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