British Public Questions Intelligence on Iraqi Weapons

By Robert Siegel

Published June 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Robert Siegel talks with Hugo Young, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper in London. Young talks about the debate in Britain over whether intelligence on Iraqi wepaons of mass destruction was manipulated by 10 Downing Street in order to bolster support for war.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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