re: #4 Charles Johnson

I said that

Dr. David Kay, the former head of the Iraq Survey Group felt that there was a good chance that Saddam, with help from the Russians, moved technology, plans and even some banned material to where they knew the inspectors could not look.

Your links does not say otherwise. I didn’t say ‘large stockpiles”.

Here is a quote from Dr. Kay’s testimony:

BEN NELSON: Is it possible that they found their way to Syria? Is there any way of knowing whether they’ve found their way to Syria or to another location?

KAY: In terms of possibility, I mean, you can’t rule out anything. The way I tried to direct our activities, I knew we were not going to get permission to conduct inspections in Syria, as much as I would professionally and personally have enjoyed it.

I also knew that the intelligence we collected that showed movement of material across the Iraq-Syrian border didn’t show what was in the containers.

So you try to answer that question by saying, “Was there something to be moved back across the border?” Look at production capability. It is totally inadequate for saying, “Did they move small amounts? Did they move technology? Did they move documentation?” It’s absolutely possible; I would say probable.

But my personal belief is that they did not move large stockpiles. Because I do not believe they have reconstituted a capability that had produced large stockpiles. So that’s how you get at it.

Is it inadequate? Yes. Will it probably always remain as an — unless the Syrian regime really changes course — will it always remain uncertain? Yes.

And as I said, perhaps we are going to see that ‘change of course’.