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Yet that fact is not what the New York Times wants to tell you. They prefer you to believe that the big story is about, "retaliation." So who is Larry Hanauer? Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESPRESS RELEASE H-405 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC 20515 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAVID BUCKLEY APRIL 4, 2005 202-225-7690 HARMAN ANNOUNCES MINORITY STAFF HIRES AT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE- Larry Hanauer comes from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he consulted on a range of intelligence issues for CIA, DIA, NGA and DHS. Previously, Hanauer spent eight years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense,...

Today, press reports indicate that it is Larry Hanauer, Rep. Jane Harman’s staffer, that Chairman Hoekstra has barred from seeing classified materials because he is suspected of having leaked the classified National Intelligence Estimate to the New York Times, in order to affect the election. This story is only beginning, and a fascinating backstory remains to be told about the Democrats in the House.

Has Rep. Jane Harmen, a member of the House Intelligence Committee been divulging information to the MSM? Yesterday we learned that an unnamed democratic staffer had been suspended by House Intel Committee Chairman, Rep. Pete Hoekstra for possibly leaking a National Intelligence Estimate to the Ny Times. Of course the first to complain was in fact Jane Harman, who just happens to have been the one who pushed for it’s release from John Negreponte, and is even now pushing for a second NIE. The fact is that the staffer had been asked by someone, most likely Harmen to request the...

During this past week, politicians and commentators from across the political spectrum have been weighing in on the now-declassified “Key Judgments” of that leaked National Intelligence Estimate about the Iraq war and its impact on terrorism. As usual, it’s turned into a partisan brawl. Those on the left assert that the NIE supports their contention that the Iraq war has made the terrorist threat worse, while those on the right insist that the NIE supports the President’s assertion that the Iraq war will reduce the terrorist threat. Unfortunately, everyone is having so much fun scoring political points that they’ve all...

Some sentences in the Key Judgments contradict themselves, and some are trite (“We judge that groups of all stripes will continue to use the Internet…..”). Others are classic examples of the “on the one hand, on the other hand” syndrome. And still others are simply unintelligible – they are neither right nor wrong, but written in a way to make them subject to whatever interpretation the reader wishes to make. No issue is more important to our country’s security than the future of terrorism, and nothing could be more helpful to the President than a clear and accurate projection of...

War opponents are cheerfully heralding the National Intelligence Council’s national intelligence estimate that portrays our war in Iraq as the catalyst for increasing terrorist volunteers. Completed in April but recently cited in The New York Times, the NIE reportedly assesses that we’re creating more terrorists by fighting them. Apparently, the alternative strategy is hoping that the enemy will surrender to the relentless blows of our acquiescence.

What if the CIA leakers were tasked by bin Laden to analyze the US reponse to the 9/11 attacks. From bin Laden's top intel people, January 2001 Al Qaeda NIE: "The 9/11 attacks will become the 'cause celebre' for Americans, breeding a deep resentment of radical muslim involvement in the Western world and cultivating supporters for the global democracy movement. Should Americans responding to the 9/11 attacks perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight. We assess that the underlying factors fueling the spread of the movement outweigh...

In President Bush´s Radio Address Saturday morning, the President of the United States defended declassifying the key judgments of the NIE. However, his opponents want to declassify the entire NIE. Here is the radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I want to talk to you about a matter of national security that has been in the news -- the National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism. The NIE is a classified document that analyzes the threat we face from terrorists and extremists. Parts of this classified document were recently leaked to the press. That has created a heated debate in our...

Clearly, some of those whom we have entrusted with our most sensitive national security secrets can not be trusted with secrets. Somebody working from inside our most trusted intelligence agencies, using hand-chosen pieces of those secrets to wage a personal political war against their political opponents, is providing aid and comfort to America’s enemies in that process. Not long ago, this was a traitorous act of treason. Today, those who seek to capitalize politically on these leaks, call it patriotic dissent. The question is – what do American voters call it?

Preview and analysis for Weekend Talk Shows, 9-30 and 10-1-06 It's week four (or 297, depending on how you figure it) of the WOB (war on Bush) and all things "Republi-fascist," as the drive by media might style what they're doing.  We've had a week of spin like we haven't seen since... well, since Clinton was in office.  All the old hateful and hate filled faces were back on the screaming head shows pulling their electrically powered rapid fire mouths back out of storage and plugging them in for one more go around of lies, screaming lies and videotape.  And...

We’ve all waited 4 years to see a good report on what happened to Saddam’s WMD and September 8, 2006 the last investigative report was released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The only problem is…I searched the entire 400 pages of this “Phase II report” (or rather both reports that make up the Phase II report) and I couldn’t find those two words: “Bush lied.” I can’t even find, “Bush mislead” in those 400 pages. What I did find was 400 pages of evidence showing that the intelligence community used small amounts of weak intelligence from a decrepit...

(Michael Tremoglie is the author of the novel, "A Sense Of Duty",contact him at elfegobaca@comcast.net) The Grand Inquisitors of the Democratic Party are once again accusing the Bush administration of "misleading" Americans (read "Bush lied"). As was the case with their previous, similarly unsubstantiated claims, this too will be disproved. The latest McCarthy-like allegation derives from The New York Times publication of, essentially, one sentence of an April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with the headline, "Spy agencies say Iraq War worsens terrorism threat." Following The New York Times great Jayson Blair/ Walter Duranty tradition of bogus journalism, the article...

Reports in the Sunday editions of the New York Times and Washington Post that an April National Intelligence Estimate concluded that the Iraq War has increased the danger to the United States from terrorists created a media feeding frenzy. Critics of the war said "I told you so" while supporters questioned the motives of the leakers and the reporters alike. Under pressure, the White House declassified and released the "Key Judgments" portion of the NIE Tuesday night. Not surprisingly, the real picture was substantially more complicated and, frankly, not all that different from what informed readers already knew. The opening...

The New York Times has again selectively leaked sensitive national security information, this time cherry picking an April National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report to support the left's template that our attack on Iraq has spawned more terrorism. In response, President Bush declassified other portions of the report to complete the picture. If anything, on balance the report emphasizes how critical Iraq is to our ultimate victory in the war on terror. But how dare Bush defend himself? Caught crying wolf again, Democrats have pulled a familiar trick out of their playbooks. They are demanding Bush declassify the entire document, knowing...

Benedict Arnold was a war hero whose courageous actions at the Battle of Saratoga helped turn the tide for the colonists in the American Revolution, so it is not fair to him to compare him to the sniveling nest of traitors now endangering our national security in the name of cheap partisan politics. They are not Benedict Arnolds - they are in a class all by themselves – political and journalistic hacks willing to do anything to win an election and oust an administration they loathe even if by so doing they endanger the safety of their fellow Americans. Time...

It is impossible to know with any precision whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they've killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. In his first extensive remarks about a recent U.S. intelligence report saying the threat of terrorism has risen, Rumsfeld told reporters at a NATO meeting that, in general, the value of intelligence reports can be uneven, and "sometimes it's just flat wrong." But he added that, "the implication that if you stop killing or capturing people who are trying to kill you, then therefore the world would be a better place,...

There are documents circulated in the halls of the Government of the United States periodically that contain the digested and semi-digested bits of “national level” intelligence decision makers need. These are sometimes called “National Intelligence Estimates” or NIE. They are often highly classified. Sometimes they are released to reporters or others in an unauthorized way. This is called a “leak.” Rarely does the “leaker” want to hurt his nation (though he or she could, unknowingly or intentionally). Often the leaker is trying to support a political position, policy or party. The subject of most of this week’s discussions is an...

This is my line in the sand. This is where I have decided that I will no longer allow lies about the war in Iraq, the global war on terror, or the decay of America's intelligence services. I will make my stand here, now, on this issue. No more will their lies go unchecked. The Senate Phase II report has been marketed as some sort of evidence that Al Queda and Iraq are not related. They are. I examined the report, stomached it's political lies (lies it admits to having within its own text!), and I have taken my action....

Comment from the intelligence community on the routine betrayal of our country - Monday, September 25, 2006 9:25 PM Comment submitted in regards to blog entry: Routine betrayal of our country`s secrets: the new CIA report--------------------------------------- Mr. Horowitz: I`ve been a member of the Intelligence Community (IC) for just under 30 years. I too noticed the fact that individuals from the IC put their personal political views before the oath they took when the were hired. From 1993 through 2001, there were issues I was aware of that might have been embarrassing had they come to light. I did not...

  That most wonderful time of the year has arrived. Oh, the joy of election season!  Overpriced, overcooked fundraising dinners; tasteless posters and bumper stickers; sophomoric TV attacks, excruciating debates and, oh yeah – politically motivated leaks to the press.  This season’s opening unlawful disclosure – cherry picked classified information from last April’s National Intelligence Estimate.  And the bearer of these illicit tidings was, once again, that usual suspect and best friend to all causes liberal—the New York Times.    The Old Grey Lady takes a Leak and Runs with it!Left leaning kooks nationwide were absolutely delighted when a September 23rd...