OK, but this statement is important:
Quote:
For purposes of the database, a statement is considered “misleading” if it conflicted with what intelligence officials knew at the time or involved the selective use of intelligence or the failure to include essential qualifiers or caveats.
The database does not include statements that appear mistaken only in hindsight.
If a statement was an accurate reflection of U.S. intelligence at the time it was
made, the statement is excluded from the database even if it now appears
erroneous.
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(Emphasis mine)
So this database is about what intelligence was telling them that was RIGHT, not flawed intelligence. And still they lied. Knowingly and willfully misled. This database isn't about, "well, intel said this, so we made statements to that effect." This database is about, "well, intel said this, but that doesn't justify going to war, so we're going to PURPOSEFULLY mislead people and say this..."
And that IS a big deal.