Kay's WMD Report: Aftermath

Andrew Sullivan points us back to the source, an increasingly necessary function in a world where the press are often the last people you can trust to get you the news. Naturally, it's titled "Read The Report." What a concept:

"If you think that David Kay's report on Iraqi WMDs can be adequately summarized by idiotic headlines such as: "No Illicit Arms Found in Iraq," then you need to read this report. If you believe the following "news analysis" by David Sanger in today's New York Times summarizes the findings of David Kay, then you need to read this report."

He follows this up with more as one scrolls down, of course, including "The Money Quotes," more on the bio-warfare angle, the importance of the ability to compare what we find in a liberated Iraq with what we thought we knew (which then allows "walking back the cat" to improve future assessments - lord knows we could use that), and Kay's conclusions based on his work to date.

If you're at all serious about issues like WMD, proliferation, and the craft of intelligence, this is stuff you should read.

UPDATE: Respected regular Samuel Tai notes that the entire report can be viewed here (PDF format).

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