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She also made the mistake of assuming that CNN would defend intelligence.

Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also defended intelligence reports that the Iraqi military had been poised to use chemical or biological weapons against advancing allied forces.

But he also defended intelligence analysts' performance, saying that they had not been swayed by political pressure and that "as intelligence professionals, we go where the information takes us".

In London, meanwhile, an official inquiry into Britain's role in torture and rendition since 9/11 says the government has provided information about the UK's role in the affair, and Whitehall sources defended intelligence agencies' actions by saying they were following "ministerially authorised government policy".

Seeking to defend the intelligence agencies' reputation, Mr. McLaughlin spent well over an hour in all on Wednesday answering questions from reporters and callers, even traveling to a CNN studio for an interview with Wolf Blitzer, an anchor.

The number of men at the base was judged enough to defend against intelligence estimates that placed the insurgent forces in the local area at only about 150 experienced fighters, though they did not know that attackers would be backed up by Al Qaeda and other guerrilla groups from neighboring regions as far away as Pakistan and Kashmir.

"We have to be able to defend against intelligence-gathering or more malicious activities, not just to protect our routine business, but also our ability to conduct high-tempo operations".

Mr. Bush, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, have in recent days all defended the intelligence used by the administration to justify the attack against Iraq.

He also said the occupying forces would keep looking for chemical and biological weapons in Iraq, and defended the intelligence assessments before the war, saying that the intelligence services of "many nations" had similarly concluded that Mr. Hussein had illegal weapons.

He defended maintaining intelligence sharing control rules with the United States.

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