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Here's a rough chronology of the Hoagland/Perle argument: Sept. 2002: The CIA is underrepresenting the threat posed by Iraq. Oct. 2002: The CIA needs to stop claiming that the White House is overstating the threat posed by Iraq. Early 2003: In the battle between the White House and the CIA, the White House is right and the CIA is wrong: Iraq poses a far more serious threat than the CIA will admit. Late 2003: Everyone agreed all along about the nature of the threat posed by Iraq. There never was a battle over the intelligence between the CIA and the White House. Early 2004: The CIA overrepresented the threat posed by Iraq, overwhelming the White House in the battle over the intelligence.
