Qdrop
08-24-2006, 01:42 PM
GOP Angered by Agencies’ Iran Intel
Some senior White House officials and GOP lawmakers are angry that assessments of Iran’s nuclear program offered by American intelligence agencies don’t support the dire warnings of conservatives who favor military action. Those complaints, made formerly in private, surfaced yesterday in a Congressional Report on Iran, and recall divisions between the White House and CIA over pre-war Iraq intelligence.
from NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24intel.html?hp&ex=1156478400&en=430690629595a3e0&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down
Published: August 24, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — Some senior Bush administration officials and top Republican lawmakers are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about the threats that they say Iran presents to the United States.
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The complaints, expressed privately in recent weeks, surfaced in a Congressional report about Iran released Wednesday. They echo the tensions that divided the administration and the Central Intelligence Agency during the prelude to the war in Iraq.
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The dissonance is surfacing just as the intelligence agencies are overhauling their procedures to prevent a repeat of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate — the faulty assessment that in part set the United States on the path to war with Iraq.
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In the months before the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney made repeated trips to the C.I.A. and asked analysts pointed questions about their conclusions that Iraq had no direct ties to Al Qaeda. Both the Pentagon office and Mr. Cheney’s visits were roundly criticized, which is why officials said that policy makers were now being careful about circumventing the intelligence agencies to seek alternate analyses.
During his confirmation hearings in May, the director of the C.I.A., Gen. Michael V. Hayden, said he had been “uncomfortable” with the work of the Pentagon intelligence office.....
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the tone of that article, overall, shows me that we DID learn some things about how the Administration lied to get us into Iraq....and that it won't be so easy this time.
i hope.
Some senior White House officials and GOP lawmakers are angry that assessments of Iran’s nuclear program offered by American intelligence agencies don’t support the dire warnings of conservatives who favor military action. Those complaints, made formerly in private, surfaced yesterday in a Congressional Report on Iran, and recall divisions between the White House and CIA over pre-war Iraq intelligence.
from NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24intel.html?hp&ex=1156478400&en=430690629595a3e0&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down
Published: August 24, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — Some senior Bush administration officials and top Republican lawmakers are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about the threats that they say Iran presents to the United States.
[...]
The complaints, expressed privately in recent weeks, surfaced in a Congressional report about Iran released Wednesday. They echo the tensions that divided the administration and the Central Intelligence Agency during the prelude to the war in Iraq.
[...]
The dissonance is surfacing just as the intelligence agencies are overhauling their procedures to prevent a repeat of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate — the faulty assessment that in part set the United States on the path to war with Iraq.
[...]
In the months before the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney made repeated trips to the C.I.A. and asked analysts pointed questions about their conclusions that Iraq had no direct ties to Al Qaeda. Both the Pentagon office and Mr. Cheney’s visits were roundly criticized, which is why officials said that policy makers were now being careful about circumventing the intelligence agencies to seek alternate analyses.
During his confirmation hearings in May, the director of the C.I.A., Gen. Michael V. Hayden, said he had been “uncomfortable” with the work of the Pentagon intelligence office.....
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the tone of that article, overall, shows me that we DID learn some things about how the Administration lied to get us into Iraq....and that it won't be so easy this time.
i hope.