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HALA GORANI: All right. Well, Michael Ware joins us
now live from Baghdad to follow up on his report.
I suppose the question is, Michael, what are the
long-term effects if Americans end up completely
losing control of this intelligence apparatus in
Iraq? What are the long-term effects for the U.S.?
MICHAEL WARE: Well, this is strictly through the
prism, Hala, of American interests. And in terms of
everything that America has invested in this country,
in terms of treasure and the blood of its service
personnel, a lot is at stake.
And in this story, what we're seeing is the lid being
peeled off a secret world we rarely get to see. We
see organizations the CIA created during the
administration of U.S. pro-consul Paul Bremer and
forced upon the Iraqis. We then see them with the
help of Iran develop a rival intelligence agency.
This is for the future of Iraq's intelligence
community.
GORANI: All right. Michael Ware, live in Baghdad.
Thank you, Michael -- Jim.