BARNES Alan

Getting it right: Canadian intelligence assessments on Iraq, 2002-2003/ Alan Barnes - 2020

This article uses a range of sources to examine in greater detail Canada's intelligence assessments on Iraq. It describes Canadian assessments on Baghdad's WMD programs and other issues related to the crisis in Iraq that were of importance to policy-makers. The article also discusses their impact on Canadian decision-making, the bureaucratic pressures that analysts faced in drafting these reports, and how the Iraq situation affected Canada's relations with its closest intelligence allies.


IRAQ -- INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS
UNITED STATES