Iraq Survey Group (ISG) Biography

"After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration formed the Iraq Survey Group and tasked it with the job of locating WMD [weapons of mass destruction] stockpiles in Iraq. The ISG was staffed with hundreds of intelligence analysts and military personnel from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The group scoured Iraq, searching for deposits of weapons. But that was actually only part of the ISG's focus...

After the invasion, the ISG was established to conduct 'a more systematic collection of evidence to build an understanding of Iraqi WMD programs.' In other words, the ISG did not simply look for WMDs. The group also looked at Iraq's WMD capabilities and examined evidence relating to past WMD stockpiles."

"It is my task to investigate Iraq's WMD programs and to determine the truth about their existence, their extent, their capabilities, and where the regime was headed."