Iraq and weapons of mass destruction Miller helped persuade the American public that Iraq had WMD: in September 2002 she wrote about an intercepted shipment of aluminum tubes which the NYT said were to be used to develop nuclear material. It is now generally understood that they were not intended (or well suited) for that purpose but rather for artillery rockets. The story was followed up with television appearances by Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice all pointing to the story as part of the basis for taking military action against Iraq. Miller's sources were introduced to her by Ahmed Chalabi, an Iraqi exile favorable
Robert B. Charles for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), under Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. Charles is currently the President and Managing Member of The Charles Group, LLC, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm. His management style was detailed in "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration", "Seeds of Terror", and "The New York Times". Charles has produced dozens of articles and columns, as well as book chapters, law review articles, and the book Narcotics and Terrorism, a 2004 volume explaining national and homeland security implications tied to drug trafficking. He has also