Errors On Iraq's WMDs Still Haunts The CIA

Ghosts Of Iraq Haunting C.I.A. In Tackling Iran -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — At the nation’s top spy agency, the ghosts of Iraq are never far away.

One C.I.A. analyst who had helped develop some of the intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s supposed weapons of mass destruction had a breakdown months after the Iraq war began; he had participated in the post-invasion hunt there that found the weapons did not exist. When he eventually was given a new assignment assessing Iran’s nuclear program, he confided a fear to colleagues: that the intelligence community might get it wrong again.

“He felt enormous guilt that he had gotten us into the war,” said one former official who worked with the analyst. “He was afraid it was going to be déjà vu all over again.”

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Update: U.S. Intel Undermined by Iraq, Obama -- Omri Ceren, Commentary

My Comment: I expect this mindset of skepticism, fear of being wrong, being cautious, etc. .... will be present in Langley (and the politicians who listen to them) for a very very long time.