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September 22, 2004
Another Intelligence Failure?
President Bush, determined to put an optimistic face on deadly conditions in Iraq, said on Tuesday that the CIA was just guessing when it said the war-racked country was in danger of slipping into civil war.
"The CIA laid out several scenarios. It said that life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better. And they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like," Bush told reporters during a picture-taking session with Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. . . .
The classified document, known as a National Intelligence Estimate, predicted three possible scenarios ranging from a tenuous stability to political fragmentation and civil war.
So intelligence that fits with your preconceived notions (such as that which indicated mountains of WMDs in Iraq) is accepted, but intelligence that contradicts them is not. Remind me again why I should vote for you in November, Mr. President.
(Link courtesy Antiwar.com.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at September 22, 2004 01:20 PM