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Combining two seemingly unrelated fields. the review of operational policies toward rogue states and actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields. in the first month of the bush presidency, strategy for the potential use of military force toward rogue states and gaining access to new oil fields are melted together. >> if you look at the nexus of rogue states and seizing and capturing and controlling oil assets, there aren't too many states in the world that fit that definition. iraq stands at the top of the list. i mean, that's like saying, okay, do a little planning on...

Detailed maps of middle eastern oil fields. the map of iraq pinpoints the exact locations of the country's pipelines, refineries and super giant oil fields. >> we had oil fields we could divide up. foreign suitors along with american suitors meaning major oil firms and oil contractors like halliburton could line up for parcelling of those oil fields. >> none of these documents is included in the final energy task force report that's made available to the public and to congress. >> there was nothing that congress was told about. and nothing that the energy task force publicly revealed. >> the "...

To do it, not if, how. >> saddam hussein's past use of chemical and biological weapons and the prospect of him developing a nuclear weapon make him a prime target. as does the liberation of what iraq has under the ground. >> in the first meeting, rumsfeld says, imagine, imagine if iraq was essentially a client state of the united states. imagine how that would look. if they were a friendly state. if we had primacy and access and maybe control of their oil fields. and rumsfeld is pointed about this in the first meeting, in fact, oil fields. oil fields that will be essentially our oil fields. >>...

Skyrocketing, oil-rich iraq might not be able to build the infrastructure necessary to meet the upward curve in energy demand. the report says the decades-old sanctions against iraq with keeping much of that country's to oil from getting to western markets. >> the demand for world oil was so intense that you really needed to unlock all of the supply you could find, and at that time, the sense was that both iraq and iran were the two sources of really bottled up supply that was irrationally off world markets. >> another report reviewed by the task force a few months later promises iraqi reserve...

The upward curve in energy demand. the report says the decades-old sanctions against iraq with keeping much of that country's oil from getting to western markets. >> the demand for world oil was so intense that you really needed to unlock all of the supply you could find, and at that time, the sense was that both iraq and iran were the two sources of really bottled up supply that was irrationally off world markets. >> another report reviewed by the task force a few months later promises iraqi reserves represent a major asset that can quickly add capacity to world oil markets. the report urges ...