Posted on 12/12/2007 8:41:25 AM PST by IrishMike
Author Kenneth Timmerman has provided us one more reason to doubt the validity and objectivity of the recently released National Intelligence Estimate. In an interview with Frontpage magazine, Timmerman discusses the efforts by the "Shadow Warriors" within the CIA and the State Department to sabotage the policies of the Bush Administration.
During the Q and A he discusses Van Vann Diepen-one of the three authors of the National Intelligence Estimate. The story concerns John Bolton's efforts to derail North Korea and Iran's nuclear weapons programs. Bolton, who later became the US Ambassador to the United Nations, at the time conceived and headed the Proliferation Security Initiative. This effort to control WMD was very successful. Among its accomplishments were the interdiction of shipments of illicit weapons, the disclosure of the Libyan nuclear weapons program, and the unraveling of the A.Q. Khan nuclear weapons bazaar.
Even some of Bolton's critics of his performance at the United Nations give him credit for this important program. However, one of his key underlings-in an act of insubordination-systematically tried to derail Bolton's plan to disable Iran and North Korea's ability to develop WMD. That underling? Van Viepen. From the Frontpage Q and A:
Here was an open call to insubordination, and, I might add, it was not an isolated incident. We have heard recently from John Bolton confirmation of another story I tell in the book about Vann Van Diepen, one of the authors of the recent Iran NIE. Van Diepen systematically refused to carry out direct orders from Bolton to enforce non-proliferation sanctions against Iran and North Korea , because he disagreed with the policy.
The evidence continues to mount that this NIE was a work of fiction. Critics from across the political spectrum have voiced skepticism about its conclusions and its methodology;
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
‘The evidence continues to mount that this NIE was a work of fiction. Critics from across the political spectrum have voiced skepticism about its conclusions and its methodology;’
Yep.
Having thought about this for a few days, I’ve concluded the misleading NIE report is a symptom of panic by the leftwingers, both within the government and outside of it.
the Dems failed to acheive failure in Iraq. They failed to impeach Bush. They failed to raise taxes.
they’ve failed at every ‘important’ issue they tried, except the meaningless minimum wage hike.
That they would try something as amaturish as playing games with the NIE report, given they should have know the bloggers if nobody else would tear it apart line by line, is telling.
The Leftwingnuts realize they are going to lose the race for the Whitehouse next fall, folks. Thats my conclusion.
If I’m right, the fraud that is the NIE report is just the beginning.
Thanks for the link.
What they're apparently too stupid to realize is that they've made an attack and expanded war in the Middle East even MORE likely by their actions, because the administration and much of Europe was close to succeeding in getting sanctions passed, which is what they really wanted. Now, getting the sanctions passed is going to be all but impossible.
They forget the ‘pajamahadeen’ at their peril.
Isn't it ironic that the biggest "peaceniks" have been responsible for the worst horrors/mass murders/and wars in history? They make war inevitable in most cases.
“Ahmadinejad is harmless” bump
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