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Before March 19, 2003: CIA Briefings Do Not Mention Yellowcake Allegation

2003-03-19

According to a senior intelligence official interviewed by ABC News, “The CIA conducted more than 20 briefings on the Hill and elsewhere in the run-up to the war and in none of those did we offer up the yellowcake allegations.” [ABC News, 6/16/2003 Sources: Senior US intelligence official]