In his article, John Keegan argues that "Inquiry is pointless – intelligence is always open to interpretation"

What isn't open to interpretation is the fact that Iraqi defector Gen. Kamal had told British intelligence officials in 1995 that Iraq had destroyed all its WMD, a rather key point curiously missing from the dossier Mr. Keegan is taking such pains to defend.

Only in Chapter 3 of Part I does it include false information - that Iraq had procured nuclear material from an African country - and claims about Iraqi capabilities, such as the range of some missiles, that are exaggerated.

Intelligence is certainly much more open to interpretation when critical parts of it are suppressed. I would argue that excluding key testimony from the highest ranking Iraqi official ever to defect from Saddam's inner circle amounts to false information, or deception.

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