# The CIA Report - Available to the Public? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-report-available-to-the-public/267983 "2004-10-07T04:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-report-available-to-the-public/267983/1 "2004-10-07T04:22:38Z")
I’ve read three articles on different news sites describing it, and none of them have even hinted that the CIA report on WMD’s and Iraq will be available to the public in the same way that the 9/11 Commission Report was. Does anyone know 1) if it will be public, and 2) where it might be found if it’s already out? (Please, kind responders, do not insult the hospitality of the Moderators in GQ by having any political pokes, jokes, snipes, gripes, hijacks, lowjacks, slams, damns, adverts, subverts, slurs, or factual blurs in this thread. I just want to know if we all will be able to read this report ourselves… 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-report-available-to-the-public/267983/2 "2004-10-07T04:31:07Z")
[Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD 30 September 2004](http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cia-report-available-to-the-public/267983/3 "2004-10-07T11:50:40Z")
Thank you very much, Squink. I found that link, but was confused because news reports have referred to the report being “1200 to 1500 pages long” (I find it odd that they have a 300 page margin of error?) and CNN reports that it was only released yesterday, yet the page claims its report is 1000 pages and was released on 30 September. So I was not sure if it was the same report, or perhaps an abridged version… Looks like some light reading for the plane.