Dr. David A. Kay is best known for heading the Iraq Survey Group and acting as a weapons inspector in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion.
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“My suspicions are that we'll find [things] in the chemical and biological areas. In fact, I think there may be some surprises coming rather quickly in that area.”
David Kay
“The Iraqis had over two decades to develop these weapons. And hiding them was an essential part of their program.”
“The weapons do not exist.”
“There was an absolutely closed mind,”
“There was an absolutely closed mind. They would not look at alternative explanations.”
“I don't want to estimate. I want to have proof.”
“There is no alternative to the replacement of Saddam.”
“There is a lot of proof [supporting the U.S. case against Iraq] -- the proof of failure to allow inspectors in and failure to allow inspectors, once in, to conduct inspections in an unfettered manner.”
“It turns out we were all wrong, and that is most disturbing.”
“real danger [was] not so much that Saddam would pass along the secrets of weapons of mass destruction, but scientists and engineers in their desperate desire to better themselves, to keep their families alive, might well have sold these secrets.”