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[[Image:WMD intelligence commission.jpg|thumb|250px|right|President Bush holds a press briefing at the White House on Friday, February 6, 2004, announcing the formation of the commission. He is flanked by commission co-chairs Senator [[Charles Robb]] (left) and Judge [[Laurence Silberman]] (right).]]The '''Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction''' is a panel created by [[Wikisource:Executive Order 13328|Executive Order 13328]], signed by [[U.S. President]] | [[Image:WMD intelligence commission.jpg|thumb|250px|right|President Bush holds a press briefing at the White House on Friday, February 6, 2004, announcing the formation of the commission. He is flanked by commission co-chairs Senator [[Charles Robb]] (left) and Judge [[Laurence Silberman]] (right).]]The '''Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction''' is a panel created by [[Wikisource:Executive Order 13328|Executive Order 13328]], signed by [[U.S. President]] George W. Bush in February 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/isn/rls/other/29155.htm|title=Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction|work=[[United States Department of State]]|publisher=[[Federal Government of the United States]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=February 6, 2004|access-date=April 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|title=Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/02/11/04-3170/commission-on-the-intelligence-capabilities-of-the-united-states-regarding-weapons-of-mass|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[Federal Government of the United States]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=February 11, 2004|access-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122015424/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/02/11/04-3170/commission-on-the-intelligence-capabilities-of-the-united-states-regarding-weapons-of-mass|archive-date=November 22, 2016|author1-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2004-02-11/pdf/04-3170.pdf Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20050331_wmd_report.pdf|title=The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=March 31, 2005|access-date=April 9, 2017}}</ref> | ||
The impetus for the Commission lay with a public controversy occasioned by statements, including those of Chief of the [[Iraq Survey Group]], [[David Kay]], that the Intelligence Community had grossly erred in judging that Iraq had been developing [[weapons of mass destruction]] (WMD) before the March 2003 start of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. President Bush therefore formed the Commission, but gave it a broad mandate not only to look into any errors behind the [[Iraq]] intelligence, but also to look into intelligence on WMD programs in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Libya]], as well as to examine the capabilities of the Intelligence Community to address the problem of [[nuclear proliferation|WMD proliferation]] and "related threats." However, the commission was not directed to examine the extent to which the [[Bush administration (2000)|Bush administration]] may have manipulated the intelligence.<ref>{{cite web | The impetus for the Commission lay with a public controversy occasioned by statements, including those of Chief of the [[Iraq Survey Group]], [[David Kay]], that the Intelligence Community had grossly erred in judging that Iraq had been developing [[weapons of mass destruction]] (WMD) before the March 2003 start of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. President Bush therefore formed the Commission, but gave it a broad mandate not only to look into any errors behind the [[Iraq]] intelligence, but also to look into intelligence on WMD programs in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Libya]], as well as to examine the capabilities of the Intelligence Community to address the problem of [[nuclear proliferation|WMD proliferation]] and "related threats." However, the commission was not directed to examine the extent to which the [[Bush administration (2000)|Bush administration]] may have manipulated the intelligence.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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* [[Henry Rowen|Henry S. Rowen]], former [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]], Chairman of the [[National Intelligence Council]], and President of [[RAND]]. | * [[Henry Rowen|Henry S. Rowen]], former [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]], Chairman of the [[National Intelligence Council]], and President of [[RAND]]. | ||
The first seven members of the panel were appointed on February 6, 2004, the date of the executive order which created it. The final two members, Vest and Rowen, were appointed on February 13. [[Vice Admiral]] [[John Scott Redd]] served as the Executive Director for the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction sometimes called the Iraq Intelligence Commission. He also served as the first Director of the [[National Counterterrorism Center]] under President | The first seven members of the panel were appointed on February 6, 2004, the date of the executive order which created it. The final two members, Vest and Rowen, were appointed on February 13. [[Vice Admiral]] [[John Scott Redd]] served as the Executive Director for the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction sometimes called the Iraq Intelligence Commission. He also served as the first Director of the [[National Counterterrorism Center]] under President George W. Bush and founded and served as the first Commander of the [[United States Navy]] [[Fifth Fleet]] (COMFIFTHFLT). | ||
Days before the American commission was announced, the government of the [[United Kingdom]], the U.S.'s primary ally during the [[2003 Iraq War|Iraq War]], announced a similar commission to investigate British intelligence, known as the [[Butler Inquiry]] or the Butler Review. | Days before the American commission was announced, the government of the [[United Kingdom]], the U.S.'s primary ally during the [[2003 Iraq War|Iraq War]], announced a similar commission to investigate British intelligence, known as the [[Butler Inquiry]] or the Butler Review. | ||