Bush Overstated Iraq Threat

Politics | June 22, 2003, Sunday // 00:00

President George W. Bush, in building his case against Iraq in a speech last October, gave a harder version of its alleged links with al Qaeda than U.S. intelligence did, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

A still-classified national intelligence report circulating within the Bush administration at the time has reportedly portrayed a far less clear picture about the link between Iraq and al Qaeda than the one presented by the president.

The Washington Post cited U.S. intelligence analysts and congressional sources who have read the report.
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