Harry Reid sits alone at his kitchen table at 4 a.m., writing important notes in crayon on the
outside of envelopes. It's been four weeks since he launched his personal investigation into
the Republican plot to manipulate intelligence to trick the American people into believing
Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

Reid had heard of the secret G.O.P. cabal bent on global empire, but he had no idea that he
would find a conspiracy so immense.

Reid now knows that as far back as 1998, Karl Rove was beaming microwaves into Bill
Clinton's fillings to get him to exaggerate the intelligence on Iraq. ...

These comments were part of the Republican plot to manipulate intelligence on Iraq. ...
In 1997 Clinton's defense secretary, William Cohen, went on national television and
informed the American people that if Saddam has "as much VX in storage as the U.N.
suspects" he would "be able to kill every human being on the face of the planet."

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright compared Saddam to Hitler and warned that he could
"use his weapons of mass destruction" or "become the salesman for weapons of mass
destruction."

Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, warned that "Saddam's history of
aggression, and his recent record of deception and defiance, leave no doubt that he would
resume his drive for regional domination if he had the chance. ...

This is why in 2002 Al Gore declared that Saddam Hussein "has stored secret supplies of
biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." ...

This is why the Clinton National Security Council staffer Kenneth Pollack has written, "The
U.S. Intelligence Community's belief toward the end of the Clinton administration [was] that
Iraq had reconstituted its nuclear weapons program and was close to acquiring nuclear
weapons."

These assertions were all part of an elaborate Republican conspiracy to manipulate and
exaggerate intelligence on Iraq. ...

Reid realizes there is only one solution: "Must call a secret session of the Senate. Must
expose global conspiracy to sap vital juices! Must expose Republican plot to manipulate
intelligence!"

Harry Reid sits alone at his kitchen table at 4 a.m.