National Intelligence Estimate

According to pollsters, the low point of the Democratic candidates debate for Hillary Clinton was when she was asked to explain why she didn't read the National Intelligence Estimate prior to voting the on the authorization to use force against Iraq. Her response was, in summary, she knew what was in it allready. Of course she knew! For all the talk that Bush lied or the adminsitration manipulated intelligence data, most of the intelligence data was taken from 1998's NIE which came to the same conclusions: that Sadaam Hussain was a vital threat to the security of the US and should be removed from office as soon as possible. Afterall, he was holding our weapons inspectors hostage outside of Bagdad at the time while shooting at our planes flying in the no-fly zone without impunity, despite the terms of Iraq's surrender at the end of the first Persian Gulf war. So maybe this comes down to what does "is" means again?