>> i knew the foreign minister who was subsequently the prime minister. i knew the minister of mines. it did not happen. it could not have happened. just because of the nature of uranium mining operations in francophone, africa, the french maintained control. >> the most important thing to know about the yellowcake story is that the cia never believed it. >> but even as speculation, it is enough for administration officials to move ahead with plans to take out saddam. national security adviser condoleezza rice goes on cnn to alert the nation. >> the problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapon. but we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. >> what i was hearing and what i knew did not jive. i asked one time at langley am i crazy or is there no credible evidence of an ongoing program? and i had a former deputy director of the cia say to me