17 Quotes by Charles Duelfer

We destroyed a lot of chemical weapons. They had a facility that was going night and day, like some weird James Bond movie.

Certainly Iraq, even before oil-for-food and sanctions, conducted business by buying influence.

Given that kind of background, I would be a little bit surprised if it was Saddam Hussein who directed this, ... But, on the other hand, I would also be somewhat surprised if there were no connection at all between Saddam and al Qaeda.

There is evidence they have a lot of desire to connect themselves with either or both the intellectual capital of the previous regime with respect to weapons of mass destruction and quite conceivably materials, ... That is a very strong concern, and it's something that fuels a lot our investigation at the moment.

I also have insisted that the report include as much basic data as reasonable and that it be unclassified, since the tragedy that has been Iraq has exacted such a huge cost for so many for so long.

He is of course of great interest because if one person knows the real story it's him,

Where do all these kids who want to blow themselves up come from?

We're coming out of a crisis. We're trying to keep the temperature down as much as possible.

We have found one. We don't know if that means there are more, ... We don't know if that means they are making their way into hands of those who would use them against the coalition. But certainly, it is important, because there were not supposed to be any.