How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?

How did I get Iraq wrong? Well, for one thing, I trusted the Germans. Those who know me will find this statement somewhat ironic, but there it is. I trusted one German in particular. His name was August Hanning. In the run-up to the war, he was the chief of the BND, the German foreign-intelligence agency. I met him shortly before the war at the new chancellery building opposite the Reichstag in Berlin. He was spectrally thin and exceedingly sober. His briefcase was the size of a microwave oven. I pictured many consequential documents sequestered inside. Read more

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