Seymour Hersh: "Demikian pula, pers tidak pernah menguji banyak asumsi...

"Demikian pula, pers tidak pernah menguji banyak asumsi tentang WMD. Salah satu mitos besar tentang masalah WMD adalah bahwa setiap orang percaya Irak memilikinya. Ya itu tidak benar. Ada sejumlah orang di komunitas intelijen dan Departemen Luar Negeri yang skeptis, dan banyak analis di Departemen Energi meragukan kemampuan nuklir Irak. Ada juga orang-orang seperti Scott Ritter yang mengatakan dengan cukup akurat apa yang sedang terjadi."

--- Seymour Hersh

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Similarly, the press never tested many of the assumptions about WMDs. One of the great myths about the WMD issue is that everybody believed Iraq had them. Well, that's not true. There were a number of people in the intelligence community and the State Department who were skeptical, and many analysts in the Department of Energy were dubious about Iraq's nuclear capability. There were also people like Scott Ritter who were saying quite accurately what was going on.