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My understanding is that it was more a case of what the US administration wanted to hear and believe.

The actual on-the-ground investigation was done by an at least nominally-independent UN team (UNSCOM).

Scott Ritter specifically rejected WMD claims: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter

The investigation lead by Hans Blix found some violations but AFAIR no indications of a significant WMD capability. The Wikipedia article has more information (I've skimmed it): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_des...

I don't think this maps well to the Humint/Sigint division. Inspectors relied somewhat on both, though non-covert on-site visits played a large role.

(Sigint and Humint are more typically covert.)



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