What Made Saddam Hussein Almost Cry

(Fox News) - Saddam Hussein nearly began to cry when the FBI agent who had been interrogating him in prison for nearly a year said goodbye.

A book by journalist Ronald Kessler called "The Terrorist Watch" reveals that special agent George Piro built a rapport with Hussein by treating him respectfully and making sure his needs were met. Piro was able to get Hussein to confess to the gassing of Kurdish civilians and the slaughter of thousands of other Iraqis.

Piro says that before 9/11 Hussein believed U.N. sanctions on Iraq would go away — and he would then be able to make a nuclear bomb. And Hussein promoted the idea that he had weapons of mass destruction in order to keep Iran at bay.