I have little choice but to conclude that some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.

We found nothing. There are no large stockpiles of weapons. There hasn't actually been a find of a single weapon, a single weapons agent, nothing like the programs that the administration believe existed.

It is an invitation to smuggling of all kinds, whether it is heroin, or weapons, or human trafficking. Instead of bringing in 50 kilograms of heroin, what would stop them from bringing in five kilograms of plutonium?

[The intelligence breakdowns that contributed to failure in preventing the Sept. 11 attacks and in assessing Iraq's pre-war weapons arsenal] would encourage me, if anything, ... They need more help.

It was a very easy choice for me. He has the intelligence, wherewithal, calmness and thorough thinking process for this job.

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.