February 9, 2007
Pentagon Report Finds Intelligence Flawed But Lawful
An internal Pentagon report outlined at a Senate hearing Friday sharply criticized efforts to link Saddam Hussein's regime with al-Qaida. The Defense Department's acting Inspector General Thomas Gimble said a Pentagon policy unit inappropriately pushed the tie despite doubts in the intelligence community. After a summary of the hearing, NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the political implications of the report.

Timeline: The Case for War -- Prewar | Postwar
A chronological presentation of source documents, speeches as well as NewsHour analysis and interviews. All materials relate to the intelligence of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the U.S. government's case for war against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Prewar Media Coverage
In the run-up to the Iraq war, government officials and media organizations widely reported on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Since then, the failure to find any major weapons programs in Iraq has sparked a reassessment of the media's performance on reporting the WMD issue.

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