Officials: WMD chief may quit

Friday, December 19, 2003 Posted: 4:17 AM EST (0917 GMT)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- In a potential setback to the so far fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the head of the U.S. search team, David Kay, told administration officials he is considering leaving the job as early as next month, U.S. officials said.

Though Kay cited family obligations, officials described the former U.N. nuclear weapons inspector as frustrated -- no banned weapons have been found despite months of searching and some of Kay's staff have been diverted to helping combat Iraqi insurgents.

Kay and his team were sent to Iraq to locate the weapons that were cited by President George W. Bush and his top advisers as the main justification for invading.

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