Q: You say you haven't found a "smoking gun". You also said that the Iraqis are being cooperative. You also say the Security Council is being helpful. Aren't you just sitting on the fence and trying to keep people happy all around?
HB: No, I would say that the Declaration didn't provide us any new evidence and they didn't answer the questions that were put already in 1999 by the Amorim report, and that the Iraqis could have looked at those questions and could have answered better. So we are not satisfied.
Q: …that you are not a defection agency, you are not a refugee agency, you are not in anybody's pocket. How are you going to deal with the pressure that is being exerted on you to interview Iraqi scientists outside Iraq. Time Magazine has already issued an article saying that you will look into this in a few days. You don't seem to be warm to the idea, you seem to see practical and legal, are you going to implement this? I know the choice is there, the option is there, are you going to move on it, or are you going to just…?
HB: Are you trying to increase the pressure further?
HB: No, I would say that the Declaration didn't provide us any new evidence and they didn't answer the questions that were put already in 1999 by the Amorim report, and that the Iraqis could have looked at those questions and could have answered better. So we are not satisfied.
Q: …that you are not a defection agency, you are not a refugee agency, you are not in anybody's pocket. How are you going to deal with the pressure that is being exerted on you to interview Iraqi scientists outside Iraq. Time Magazine has already issued an article saying that you will look into this in a few days. You don't seem to be warm to the idea, you seem to see practical and legal, are you going to implement this? I know the choice is there, the option is there, are you going to move on it, or are you going to just…?
HB: Are you trying to increase the pressure further?