Billions Missing in Iraq; Former CIA Official Accuses Bush Administration of Ignoring Warnings About Invasion of Iraq

From: CBS Evening News | Date: February 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Scott Pelley, David Martin, Sharyl Attkisson, Steve Hartman, Steve Kroft, Byron Pitts, Randall Pinkston
CBS Evening News
02-10-2006
SCOTT PELLEY, CBS ANCHOR: Good evening, I`m Scott Pelley. Billions of your tax dollars are missing in action in Iraq. Tonight a "60 Minutes" investigation tracks some of it down and wait until you see where it went.

We`ll start there tonight and then we`ll have these stories.

(BEGIN VIDEOCLIP) DAVID MARTIN, CBS CORRESPONDENT: I`m David Martin, a former top CIA official accuses the Bush administration of ignoring warnings about the consequences of invading Iraq.

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