Tracking Intelligence Flaws on Iraq Nuclear Story

An article in The New Yorker magazine provides a new look at the White House’s use of information on Iraq, uranium and Niger. According to the article, the filtering system used for the last 50 years to screen out bad intelligence was subverted by "stovepipes" that channel information directly to top leadership. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with writer Seymour Hersh.

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