Saddam was so secular he wrote the Koran in his own blood. It took him three years.
Did you see the link to NYT posted by a drive by troll, trying to denigrate Feith, Rumsfeld, Cheney et al, but which contained the follwong:
24 October 2002
The New York Times reports today (number 1 hit on the Early Bird) that Secretary Rumsfeld has stood up a small team to datamine the array of information on Iraq and the Middle East provided to his staff by professional intelligence producers.
This is old news; the article points out that this team stood right after 9-11-01.
Pentagon supporters of this fantastic intelligence innovation say, "Mr. Rumsfeld, Mr. Wolfowitz, and Mr. Feith are consciously challenging 'cherished beliefs and assumptions' they believe prevent intelligence analysts from focusing on certain information."
Was this ever discussed on the Able Danger threads? Can't remember.
PS: I assume "stood up" means that they started, formed, put together a team, and that it has nothing to do with the past tense of a failed date.
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