1997: The CIA apologizes to veterans of the Gulf War

The CIA apologizes to veterans of the Gulf War for failing to alert the military to the danger of old chemical weapons that were stored in a depot, which U.S. troops blew up in the Persian Gulf War.

To: 
Veterans of the Gulf War
From: 
CIA
Year of Apology: 
1997
Footnote: 
McAllister, Bill. “CIA Knew In ’84 of Iraq Poison Gas.” Washington Post. April 10, 1997.