"It just sticks in my craw every time I hear them say it's an intelligence failure, " Drumheller told CBS' Ed Bradley.

CNN: Ex-CIA official: WMD evidence ignored

Tyler Drumheller, a former chief of European operations at the C.

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But Drumheller said it was not unusual for the administration to rely on single-source stories when those stories confirmed what the White House wanted to hear.

CNN: Ex-CIA official: WMD evidence ignored

Tyler Drumheller, the former highest-ranking CIA officer in Europe, told "60 Minutes" that the administration "chose to ignore" good intelligence, the network said in a posting on its Web site.

CNN: Ex-CIA official: WMD evidence ignored

Drumheller said that, when then-CIA Director George Tenet told President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other high-ranking officials that Sabri was providing information, his comments were met with excitement that proved short-lived.

CNN: Ex-CIA official: WMD evidence ignored