on U.S. intelligence on alleged nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea -- was classified and not released publicly. Robb said there were "systemic" problems with intelligence on those two countries and would not comment further. But sources familiar with that section said it was among the most critical, finding U.S. intelligence on Iran's nuclear program in particular to be inadequate. Bush has said he rules out no options, military or otherwise, in dealing with Iran's alleged nuclear threat. The 600-page report sharply criticized the intelligence-gathering on Iraq by the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency and other agencies for producing "worthless or misleading" intelligence before a war fought over claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, none of which was found. In what amounted to a direct assault on George Tenet, who was CIA director in the run-up to the Iraq war and gave the president his daily intelligence briefing, the commission found that "the daily reports sent to the president and senior policymakers discussing Iraq over many months proved to be disastrously one-sided." --More 2119 Local Time 1819 GMT
