Make sure you take note of this bit of information. And realize how important it really is, how much credibility it adds to the "why did we go to war" questions...
CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast: "In a move sure to raise even more questions about the decision to go to war with Iraq, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will on Friday release selected portions of pre-war intelligence in which the CIA warned the administration of the risk and consequences of a conflict in the Middle East. Among other things, the 40-page Senate report reveals that [...]
Bush Ignored Senate’s Pre-War Intelligence Warning of Post-War Fiasco
Yesterday, a White House correspondent candidly asked Bush why the American people should trust him as “a credible messenger on the war,” in light of the major mistakes he has made since first invading Iraq: Q: The majority in the public, a growing number of Republicans, appear not to trust you any longer to be [...]
It just gets more and more interesting, the deeper you dig...
Pre-War Intelligence Was Pretty Good
I really hate it when people set their (.pdf)'s so that you can't cut and paste. But that is exactly what the Senate Intelligence Committee has done with their Prewar Intelligence Reports on Post-War Iraq report. It's frustrating because I'd like to make some points about their conclusions without having to freaking type out huge chunks of their text. The report details what the intelligence community (IC) told our policy makers about the likely landscape of a post-Saddam Iraq. And, perhaps not too shockingly, the IC got it mostly right [....]
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