Posted on 12/04/2007 8:31:53 PM PST by jrooney
My guess? Yes.
Yeah, BOR is so busy listening to his own voice that he is unable to listen to what Bolton had to say. BOR is never wrong /s
Or maybe this is another attempt by Clinton allies still in the government to make Obama look bad. Didn’t Obama want cut and run in Iraq but bomb Iran a few months back?
The actual report sure as hell seems cover your a$$ vague with a lot of "we assess with moderate confidence" and "we continue to assess with low confidence". Give me a break!
The list of "Whoa, didn't see that coming" from our alphabet intelligence agencies: 9/11
NK nuclear test
Indian nuke test
Pakistani nuke test
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Kadeer Kahn's nuke bazzar
The clintons and the chinese
The libyan nuke project
Just where the hell are saddam's wmd?
The Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board (formerly called the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board (ACNAB)) provides the Department with independent insight and advice on all aspects of arms control, disarmament, international security, and related aspects of public diplomacy. The ISAB is sponsored and overseen by the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. The Board provides its recommendations directly to the Secretary of State. The Board currently has 18 members and is chartered to have up to 25. Board members are national security experts with scientific, military, diplomatic, and political backgrounds. The Board meets in a plenary session on a quarterly basis.
Updated: August 13, 2007
Former Board Members
* Mr. Stephen Kappes, Member, September 2005 -- December 2006
* Dr. Amy Sands, Member, September 2005 -- June 2007
* Sen. Fred D. Thompson, Chairman, September 2005 -- July 2007
thls thing is a joke. State has zero business dealing with Intel matters. The sooner they are taken out of the loop the better.
I didn’t trust the information being reported regarding this alledged NIE in the first place. Too many enemies of Bush and his administration looking for any way to take him down and not caring about the damage they will do to our national security along the way.
Advisory is not prepatory. Did you read the post? Maybe there is a real good reason then why Fred Thompson said he doubts the NIE findings because he saw intel that said otherwise.
Sick, but true.
All for the love of power.
Yep, and these power hungry A-holes are placing the entire country at risk.
Do we have enough time.. to mobilize a John Bolton write-in in the primaries? Probably not, too bad.
The Administration has the appointees that it and its import/merchant constituency leaders want. Apparently, so will the next one—Democrat or Republican.
I want a government that obeys its duty to defense of our Nation—not one that is obsessed with very personal/familial considerations about oil, money and classical amenities.
Yeah, I’m not getting it. The CIA has been screwing with the Bush Admn all along. One thing after another. Cant he get the Klinton people purged out? This NIE stuff is treasonous. Sedition at the least. If the CIA is this far gone I think really bad stuff is going to go down...
[All this begs the question: If Iran were really succumbing to international pressure in halting its weapons program, why would it not do so in a way that would benefit the country? If it were to take the measures of ceasing enrichment and adopting transparency, the numerous sanctions and restrictions against it would be lifted. A key moment would have been nine months ago, when the UN Security Council enacted tough new sanctions against the country for failing to cooperate with the IAEA. But Iran made no concessions. So what has it gained in all this by the logic of U.S. intelligence? The NIE essentially claims that Iran has created for itself a lose-lose situation, where it has stopped its nuclear weapons program without reaping any of the benefits. Why would Iran have any interest in such a scenario? It is a question the NIE summary fails to address, and one that should keep us wondering about Iran’s true intentions and capabilities.]
For what it’s worth, Ann Pincus, wife of Walter Pincus, worked at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) during the Clinton administration. Walter/Ann Pincus were friends of Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame.
bump, Sir
familyop shows Fred Thompson had recently served on the ISAB and jrooney says in post #16 that Fred doubts the report is correct. I’d say that was more than just idle speculation on Fred’s part, then.
The Dems don’t realize that if they are WRONG, war becomes MORE likely, because the steam is now let out of any diplomatic pressure. Stupid, stupid.
eggsactly
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