I.A Officer Says U.S. Ignored Prewar Data A C.I.A. veteran who oversaw intelligence assessments about the Middle East from 2000 to 2005 accused the Bush administration of ignoring or distorting the prewar evidence on a broad range of issues related to Iraq in an effort to justify the American invasion of 2003 .
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