with others in trying to discern whether there was a relationship between saddam hussein and osama bin lawtodin. i had to sit down with the chief analyst on counter-terrorism for iraq. we looked over just about every piece of intelligence we could in the time allotted to us. since then. people have done even more. even back then, we put together an assessment that said there was no relationship between the two. as the united states went into afghanistan, my work turned more towards taking the old target lists we had for the various contingency plans for a rock -- for iraq, dusting them off, rechecking them, flying out to meet with defectors from iraq. sat down with them and spoke to them. some did it willingly and others not as willingly. i did these discussions trying to piece together where he would be. when the march moved on in 2002, i decided it was time for me to move on and find something else. while i loved my nation and the organization, i could not support the war in iraq any further. it took awhile to be honest with you for me to find something new. when my wife finally received an o