Sentence examples for intelligence available at the time from inspiring English sources

Did Downing Street exaggerate the intelligence available at the time?

That claim was contained in a British government dossier published in September 2002 that went to the "outer limits" of British intelligence available at the time.

Based on the intelligence available at the time, the objective conclusion would have been that: it was highly unlikely Iraq possessed weapons; there was no credible evidence to suggest Iraqis were reconstituting a nuclear-weapons programme; no relationship existed between Iraq and al-Qaeda; and in no way did Iraq represent a threat to its neighbours let alone an imminent threat to America.

Yet the president struck a surprisingly defiant tone, insisting that his administration had acted on the best intelligence available at the time and claiming that his decision to declassify the operation and initiate a review was a sign of American exceptionalism.

Rice's post-Benghazi remarks on several television news shows were merely a recitation of administration talking points drawn directly from intelligence available at the time, said the senior administration officials, who agreed to discuss the closely held transition planning on the condition of anonymity.

He has insisted that, on the basis of the intelligence available at the time, it was "beyond doubt" Iraq was continuing to develop its weapons capability.

Barack Obama fired back, vigorously defending Rice by saying her statements reflected the intelligence information available at the time.

The company has raised over $64 million since it emerged from the MIT Human Dynamics Lab back in 2007 trying to use the artificial intelligence technology available at the time to understand sentiment and apply it in a business context.

The officials have defended many of their prewar statements as having been based on the intelligence that was available at the time — although there is now evidence that some statements contradicted even the sketchy intelligence of the time.

But she said she based her remarks on the intelligence available at that point — intelligence that changed over time.

In the interview last month at C.I.A. headquarters, four senior intelligence officers said that based on the evidence available at the time, it would have been irresponsible for intelligence analysts to come to any conclusions other than those spelled out in a National Intelligence Estimate in October 2002.