The Weapons of Mass Destruction

Historical and Organizational Context

The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) was first introduced in 2004. The commission was responsible for examining the capacities as well as challenges of the United States (U.S. IC) regarding the intentions, capabilities, and activities of international powers (., 2005, p. 13). WMD was focused on the design, growth, production, procurement, ownership/control, spread, transfer, testing, potential, and actual use of weapons of mass destruction. The primary cause of the was the failure to discover WMD in Iraq after the upheaval of the reign of Saddam Hussein (Tracey, n.d., p. 1). Leading to the 2003 conflict, the assessments of the U.S. Intelligence Community to emphasize that Iraqs nuclear program had been reconstituted by Saddam Hussein and asserted the possession of biological and chemical weapons.