Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.

(Washington: David Ensor) CIA director George Tenet's combative defense of the intelligence from CIA analysts before the Iraq war featured; details given of Tenet's specifics about CIA successes. [At Georgetown University, TENET - says the analysts painted a picture of a brutal dictator building weapons programs; states we may have overestimated; defends intelligence capabilities.] [Former CIA weapons inspector David KAY†- says Iraq had no large stockpiles of chemical & biological weapons; notes the lack of {weapons inspections} caseworkers fluent in Arabic.] [Senator Carl LEVIN - says the administration had made "certain" statements about the weapons.] The reaction of President Bush's administration to what Kay is saying discussed.

(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.

(White House: Suzanne Malveaux) Bush's aggressive campaign to defend his call to war against Iraq featured; details given of his re-election campaign strategy. [BUSH - says America "did the right thing" in Iraq by taking action to defend the American people against a madman; states America is safer....] [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says the president made the right decision.] [Senator John KERRY - says the White House used the words "imminent threat."]

(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with "Newsweek" assistant managing editor Evan Thomas about Tenet & CIA intelligence. [From Washington, THOMAS - says Tenet was speaking to different audiences: the CIA, the press, the White House & Congress; assesses Tenet's speech in which he threaded the needle; notes Bush likes Tenet, which carries weight; asserts we expect too much out of intelligence, which has had an iffy history; questions whether an investigative commission will make things worse for the intelligence community, but the CIA has not been able to reform itself.]