Exhibit 387

Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information, S. Rpt. 110-345

Exhibit 387 · Congressional committee report

Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information, S. Rpt. 110-345

Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa'ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa'ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.

Phase II report approved 10-5 on 1 April 2008. Reviews five major speeches and further statements. Most conclusions find statements substantiated; several find that statements omitted disagreement or certainty limits; Conclusion 12 (Iraq-al-Qa'ida partnership) not substantiated; Conclusion 15 (Saddam giving WMD to terrorists) contradicted. Includes minority views of Bond, Chambliss, Hatch and Burr (pp. 100-101) and views of Warner, Hagel, Snowe and others.

Source: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Date: 5 June 2008
Quoted from: Conclusion 12, p. 71 (heading text)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/publications/110345.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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Finding DEF-2.6: Primary record The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's 2008 report, approved 10-5, found that most statements by senior officials on Iraq's weapons programs were substantiated by the intelligence available at the time, and that several of them did not convey the intelligence community's disagreement or the limits of its certainty. It found that statements suggesting an Iraq-al-Qa'ida partnership were not substantiated and that statements about Saddam Hussein giving weapons of mass destruction to terrorists were contradicted by the intelligence.