US defence probe finds 'inappropriate' pre-war use of intelligence

A “very damning” report by the US Defence Department’s inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“That was the argument that was used to make the sale to the American people about the need to go to war,” said Democratic Sen. Carl Levin.