David Kay Quotes

• I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance.

  David Kay

  Apology, Reality, World

  "Weapons Hunt". Interview with Kwame Holman, www.pbs.org. January 28, 2004.

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• Let me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here.

  David Kay

  Let Me

  Dr David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.globalresearch.ca. January 28, 2004.

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• In my judgment, based on the work that has been done to this point of the Iraq Survey Group, and in fact, that I reported to you in October, Iraq was in clear violation of the terms of U.N.Resolution 1441.

  David Kay

  Iraq, Groups, Done

  "Transcript: David Kay at Senate hearing". www.cnn.com. January 28, 2004.

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• I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that.

  David Kay

  World, Around The World, Looting

  Dr David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.globalresearch.ca. January 28, 2004.

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• I am worried because I'm hearing some of the same signals about Iran and its nuclear program that were heard as the Bush administration made its case for the war in Iraq. 'It's déjà vu all over again.

  David Kay

  War, Iran, Iraq

  "Kay, Carter urge caution on Iran". www.cnn.com. February 9, 2005.

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• And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.

  David Kay

  Exercise, People, Wish

  Dr David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.globalresearch.ca. January 30, 2004.

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• Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

  David Kay

  President, Ambitious, Action

  "David Kay Testifies Before Senate Committee". Cnn Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. January 28, 2004.

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• Clandestine attempts between late 1999 and 2002 to obtain from North Korea technology related to 1,300km range ballistic missiles, probably the No Dong 300km range anti-ship cruise missiles and other prohibited military equipment.

  David Kay

  Military, Technology, Korea

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• There's a long record here of being wrong. There's a good reason for it. There are probably multiple reasons. Certainly proliferation is a hard thing to track, particularly in countries that deny easy and free access and don't have free and open societies.

  David Kay

  Country, Long, Track

  David Kay at Senate hearing, edition.cnn.com. January 29, 2004.

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• The Libyan program recently discovered was far more extensive than was assessed prior to that.

  David Kay

  Program

  Dr David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.globalresearch.ca. January 28, 2004.

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