There were two very different versions of the
Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs prepared by the
CIA and presented to the American people in October 2002. Here's a quick look at how the Bush Administration chose their words very carefully.
Classified version: "We judge that we are seeing only a portion of Iraq's WMD efforts, owing to Baghdad's vigorous denial and deception efforts. ... We lack specific information on many key aspects of Iraq's WMD programs."
Public version: "Iraq hides large portions of Iraq's WMD efforts."(
article)