Kay report on WMD's should NOT be used as an interruption

[Nashyra]

of Clark's announcement to run on Wed. I was wondering how the White House would try to preempt Clark on live TV if he does announce in Little rock that he intends to run, I pretty much thought that they would use the Kay WMD report, but over at Democrats.com they have an article saying that they are not going to release the report in the near future. It should be very interesting to see if they stick with that or if they do indeed haul it out to preempt Clark.

[pruner]

1. LOL

it's being shelved cause it doesn't help – and likely hurts – their case.

releasing the report on the same day Clark announces would only amplify their problems.

[dfong63]

2. sheesh - does the perfumed prince really expect the world to stop

... on the day, just because he finally made up his frigging mind?

[VolcanoJen]

3. What report?

Rest assured... there is no stinking report. :-)

Great round-up of this issue on Josh Marshall's site (1/4 of the way down the page)

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

Excerpt:

...but this morning the Sunday Times of London is reporting (subscription required) that "Britain and America have decided to delay indefinitely the publication of a full report on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction after inspectors found no evidence that any such weapons exist."

Let's be honest: there's no reason for delaying or refusing to issue this report, save for domestic political concerns in the US and Britain. None.

Do they need more time? Then they should take it. But fourteen hundred scientists, military and intelligence officials have been scouring the country for four months and interrogating most of the Iraqi government officials and scientists involved in weapons procurement and research. That's more than long enough to produce a preliminary report. Indeed, it appears that Kay is delivering a report to George Tenet this week. The only question is whether it is published.