Ex-CIA Official: Bush Administration Misused Intelligence on Iraq

[pax 0]

In a stunning report from the Tell Us Something We Didn't Already Know Department...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/10/...ence/index.html

[almaty 19]

that chopf##k...i know it is old news but i always happy to see it in print again

[pax 0]

'Tis a bad day for the Bushies.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

'Tis a bad day for the Bushies.

Must this come the day after they showed America how they are protecting us? Remember the foiled attack thing? Or did they put that back out there (after all, that wasn't new either) to get ahead of this one?

They're so tangled up in their little web of deception, it's starting to be amusing...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

When I ever I read one these headline, I think to self "headline: pope discovered to be catholic"

[pax 0]

USCIS Loses Efficiency Competition for 247th Year Running

[almaty 19]

USCIS Loses Efficiency Competition for 247th Year Running

[daisy16 0]

I find the use of the word "intelligence" from the white house, fascinating!

[Melo 1]

I find the use of the word "intelligence" from the white house, fascinating!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

'Tis a bad day for the Bushies.

Must this come the day after they showed America how they are protecting us? Remember the foiled attack thing? Or did they put that back out there (after all, that wasn't new either) to get ahead of this one?

Actually the timing of the 'west coast attack' story was interesting, because it came the exact same day that ongoing investigations into the 'Valerie Plame' affair revealed that Lewis Libby (####### Cheney's ex-chief of staff) had been directly authorised by his superiors (hmmm... who could that be I wonder?) to leak classified information to the news media.

Nothing like a good 'homeland security' story to take the spotlight off some nice, homegrown corruption.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

'Tis a bad day for the Bushies.

Must this come the day after they showed America how they are protecting us? Remember the foiled attack thing? Or did they put that back out there (after all, that wasn't new either) to get ahead of this one?

Actually the timing of the 'west coast attack' story was interesting, because it came the exact same day that ongoing investigations into the 'Valerie Plame' affair revealed that Lewis Libby (####### Cheney's ex-chief of staff) had been directly authorised by his superiors (hmmm... who could that be I wonder?) to leak classified information to the news media.

Nothing like a good 'homeland security' story to take the spotlight off some nice, homegrown corruption.

Oh yeah, almost forgot about that one...

[slim 1,514]

If you want to see real "intelligence" tune in to Comedy Central at 11:00 EDT for a little Jon Stewart.

I used to think the Daily Show was kind of silly, and they were striving for funny stories, but now, this administration gives them so much good material, I really don't even need to catch CNN anymore. I definately don't need to get "fair and balanced" news from FOX, it's all on Comedy Central.

[almaty 19]

'Tis a bad day for the Bushies.

Must this come the day after they showed America how they are protecting us? Remember the foiled attack thing? Or did they put that back out there (after all, that wasn't new either) to get ahead of this one?

Actually the timing of the 'west coast attack' story was interesting, because it came the exact same day that ongoing investigations into the 'Valerie Plame' affair revealed that Lewis Libby (####### Cheney's ex-chief of staff) had been directly authorised by his superiors (hmmm... who could that be I wonder?) to leak classified information to the news media.

Nothing like a good 'homeland security' story to take the spotlight off some nice, homegrown corruption.

good point

[Carol&Marc 0]

Where was mr. Pillar then????

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/...s/clinton.iraq/

PAUL R. PILLAR

Paul R. Pillar was appointed National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia in October 2000 upon returning to the Intelligence Community from the Brookings Institution, where he was a Federal Executive Fellow.

He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1977 and has served in a variety of analytical and managerial positions, including as chief of analytic units covering portions of the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. He previously served in the National Intelligence Center (NIC) as one of the original members of its Analytic Group.

Hmmmmmmm, looks a little funny to me,dont you think! looks like he just happened to forget to correct Clinton on his remarks on Iraq!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where was mr. Pillar then????

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/...s/clinton.iraq/

PAUL R. PILLAR

Paul R. Pillar was appointed National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia in October 2000 upon returning to the Intelligence Community from the Brookings Institution, where he was a Federal Executive Fellow.

He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1977 and has served in a variety of analytical and managerial positions, including as chief of analytic units covering portions of the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. He previously served in the National Intelligence Center (NIC) as one of the original members of its Analytic Group.

Hmmmmmmm, looks a little funny to me,dont you think! looks like he just happened to forget to correct Clinton on his remarks on Iraq!

It apparently doesn't make much of a difference to you, but I fail to recall the Clinton Administration invading Iraq...

Although the Clinton administration and other countries' governments also believed that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction, they supported sanctions and weapons inspections as means to contain the threat, he [Mr. Pillar] said.

As it turns out, those sanctions worked. There were pretty clear indications, too, that they did prior to Bush willy nilly marching in. Those indications were not quite so clear in 1998. Remember, had the Bush administration not inhibited the ongoing work of the weapons inspectors, we would have known that there were no WMD's without wasting the lives of more than 2,000 US military personnel, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and, according to some estimates, upwards of $2,000,000,000,000.00. The Bush administration called the UN and told them to pull the inspectors out a few days before marching in - it's not like they weren't there doing their job. Let's not forget that.