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In the political arena, 2004 marked the downfall of the argument for the Iraq War. In 2002-2003, the public was told Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). In 2004, the truth trickled out. By January, David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector, resigned, stating bluntly: "We were almost all wrong." By the summer, the 9/11 Commission Report revealed that there was no credible link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. The downfalls here were not just political careers (though "scream" in January effectively ended his candidacy), but the downfall of truth as a prerequisite for war. The trust in the White House’s intelligence apparatus never recovered.