I told you so: Only a handful of senators outside the Intelligence Committee say they read the full 92-page National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s ability to attack the U.S. before voting to go to war, according to a survey conducted…
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to paraphrase syndrome
by Mike • • 6 Comments
… when everything is an intelligence problem, nothing is. Additional comments at Powerline.
Intelligence: Not a Toy
by Mike • • 2 Comments
We have committees for a reason: To the surprise of the Bush administration, the House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Wednesday night to allow all 435 House members to see the classified version of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq sent…
NIE Side Note
by Mike • • 0 Comments
My thoughts on the Key Judgments of the new NIE for Iraq are up at ThreatsWatch. As a side note, amateur intelligence watchers should take note of the publication of their definitions of estimative language: When we use words such…