Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated By Intelligence, June 5, 2008

The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), on June 5, 2008, unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence.  The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq. The second report details inappropriate, sensitive intelligence activities conducted by the DoD’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department. 

“Before taking the country to war, this Administration owed it to the American people to give them a 100 percent accurate picture of the threat we faced.  Unfortunately, our Committee has concluded that the Administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence,” Rockefeller said.  “In making the case for war, the Administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent.  As a result, the American people were led to believe that the threat from Iraq was much greater than actually existed.”

This report details the process the Senate took to fully explain the situation regarding "Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated By Intelligence", as quaoted from the report.

Anyone engaged in foreign affairs associated with decisions and outcomes associated with the initation of the Iraq War.