FEBRUARY 23 & 24, 2001 – COLIN POWELL SAYS IRAQ IS CONTAINED: "I think we ought to declare (the containment policy) a success. We have kept him contained, kept him in his box." He added Saddam "is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors" and that
"he threatens not the United States." http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/24/timep.saddam.tm/JULY 29, 2001; RICE ADMITS IRAQ IS CONTAINEDBut in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt.
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/powell-no-wmd.htmSEPTEMBER 16, 2001 – CHENEY ACKNOWLEDGES IRAQ IS CONTAINED:Vice President Dick Cheney said that
"Saddam Hussein is bottled up" – a confirmation of the intelligence he had received.
Source: Meet the Press, 9/16/2001
http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/news-speeches/speeches/vp20010916.htmlSEPTEMBER, 2002 – DIA TELLS WHITE HOUSE NO EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS:http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/publications/http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Pentagon/us-dod-iraqchemreport-060703.htmOCTOBER 2002 – AIR FORCE WARNS WHITE HOUSE:http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=2755&fcategory_desc=Under%20ReportedAll sorts of warnings from the experts that there was no WMD and/or no proof of WMD;http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=24889