What does Congressman-elect Chris Carney (D-Pennsylvania) know about Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda?
Newly elected Pennsylvania Congressman, Democrat Chris Carney, a former Senior Terrorism and Intelligence Advisor at the Pentagon, has recently been quoted in a number of publications discussing his knowledge of and role in prewar Iraq intelligence, particularly on the issue Saddam Hussein’s links to al Qaeda. His views on the subject are a stark contrast to many in his party, particularly Senator Carl Levin, who has long expressed his belief that any link between Saddam Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda was a manufacture of the Bush administration. Carney’s comments and experience on the issue may even put him in the cross-hairs of Sen. Levin’s reported investigation into the matter in the coming months. What did Congressman Carney say? What does he know? In a piece for the New Yorker, Jane Mayer spoke with Carney, also a reserve officer in the U.S. Navy, about his work at the Pentagon examining Saddam Hussein’s links to al Qaeda. Carney said that he came to his conclusion about Saddam’s
