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July 01, 2003

Expert Said to Tell Legislators He Was Pressed to Distort Some Evidence

Expert Said to Tell Legislators He Was Pressed to Distort Some Evidence

By James Risen and Douglas Jehl
The New York Times
Wednesday 25 June 2003


A top State Department expert on chemical and biological weapons told Congressional committees in closed-door hearings last week that he had been pressed to tailor his analysis on Iraq and other matters to conform with the Bush administration's views, several Congressional officials said today.
The officials described what they said was a dramatic moment at a House Intelligence Committee hearing last week when the weapons expert came forward to tell Congress he had felt such pressure.
By speaking out, they said, the senior intelligence expert, identified by several officials as Christian Westermann, became the first member of the intelligence community on active service to make this sort of admission to members of Congress.

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