Documents, now unclassified, reveal President George Bush wanted any invasion in Iraq to be linked to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (Battle & Byrne, 2013). This requirement presented the intelligence community with a challenge of gathering intelligence which would support the President’s prerequisite. Ultimately the administration was able to get the intelligence needed to go to congress and ask for permission to invade Iraq. The intelligence proved worthy for the congress to grant authorization to invade Iraq. However, the process by which the government made the case has been proven to be
Documents, now unclassified, reveal President George Bush wanted any invasion in Iraq to be linked to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (Battle & Byrne, 2013). This requirement presented the intelligence community with a challenge of gathering intelligence which would support the President’s prerequisite. Ultimately the administration was able to get the intelligence needed to go to congress and ask for permission to invade Iraq. The intelligence proved worthy for the congress to grant authorization to invade Iraq. However, the process by which the government made the case has been proven to be