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"I can count them on one hand," Saul said, pausing for effect,
"and I can still pick my nose."  In effectively casting a vote
for military action as the only feasible way of removing
Hussein, the CIA contributed to the gathering momentum that
carried the United States to war in Iraq. It would make other
contributions as well -- by successfully establishing a network
of informants inside Iraq whose lives were in jeopardy as long
as Hussein was in power; and by providing the evidence for what
became the Bush administration's main rationale for the war:
that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.  __ Live
Discussion __ __ Exclusive Excerpts __ April 22. Sunday: Bush's
Decision on War Sunday: Rove's Calculations Monday: CIA Making
the Case Tuesday: War Cabinet Divided Wednesday: Special
Relationship Thursday: Countdown to War Also From Bob Woodward
'Bush At War'  ___ Postwar Iraq _