Reply #29: Nor is it as convoluted as you seem to be claiming ...

[Maribelle]

Graham did not base his decision on Tenet's admission, nor on the NIE which Obama is claiming.

While the entire article is important, a key factor is this:

From my advantaged position, I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth — or even had an interest in knowing the truth.