Intelligence Report Offers Bleak Assessment

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Published March 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

A report by a presidential commission investigating pre-war intelligence in Iraq offers a bleak view of intelligence-gathering and analysis. It includes a similarly grim assessment of efforts in Iran and North Korea and offers recommendations to improve the process.

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