The CIA had a spy in highest levels of Saddam's government. He told the truth about WMD's. Why didn't we listen?

Now NBC News has learned that for a short time the CIA had contact with a secret source at the highest levels within Saddam Hussein’s government, who gave them information far more accurate than what they believed. It is a spy story that has never been told before, and raises new questions about prewar intelligence.

What makes the story significant is the high rank of the source. His name, officials tell NBC News, was Naji Sabri, Iraq’s foreign minister under Saddam.

The CIA said Saddam had an "active" program for "R&D, production and weaponization" for biological agents such as anthrax. Intelligence sources say Sabri indicated Saddam had no significant, active biological weapons program. Sabri was right. After the war, it became clear that there was no program.

The CIA said if Saddam obtained enriched uranium, he could build a nuclear bomb in "several months to a year." Sabri said Saddam desperately wanted a bomb, but would need much more time than that. Sabri was more accurate.

So why was this man ignored? Because what he said did not reinforce the administration's version of reality. We had every opportunity to make decisions based on facts but this president was determinged to go to war. So he did.

I am watching Bush in his televison conference right now. It is he same old song and dance. He was asked pointedly why he wanted to go to war by Helen Thomas and he angrily denied that he wanted to go to war. And that my friends is an obvious lie!