t r u t h o u t - Tenet Admits WMD 'Slam-Dunk' Remark "Dumbest Ever": " Tenet Says He Regrets 'Slam Dunk' Comment
CNN.com
Thursday 28 April 2005
Kutztown, Pennsylvania - Former CIA Director George Tenet said he regretted assuring President Bush in 2002 that he had 'slam dunk' evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
'Those were the two dumbest words I ever said,' Tenet told about 1,300 people at a Kutztown University forum Wednesday.
The theory was a leading justification for the war in Iraq. "
From this article it looks like Iraq and 911 were a big excuse for rebuilding the near bankrupt CIA
If there is no money to fight a non existent enemy then create one.