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  • Intelligence Fiasco Footnote: The authors of the 2007 Iran NIE have some explaining to do.

    10/08/2009 6:38:06 AM PDT · by no-llmd · 3 replies · 382+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 10-8-2009 | WSJ Opinion
    When it comes to politicized intelligence in the Bush years, the critics may finally have a point. Perhaps the work of America’s intelligence agencies was manipulated to suit the convenience of a small group of willful officials, intent on getting their way against the better judgment of their colleagues. Except the intelligence was about Iran, not Iraq, and the manipulators weren’t conniving neocons but rather the Administration’s internal critics on the left.”