Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>he says that there was a dispute in the intelligence community between the C.I.A. and D.I.A<<<


I'm sure there were more disputes than that since the NIE is put together by 16 separate intelligence agencies. That said, you have to assume that the final product is a compromise all of them feel they can stand behind.


>>>I do believe that the NIE report was just finalized and Bush propably was briefed on it after his Oct. 20th (or whenever it was) speech<<<


Got a rational reason for believing that or just covering for Bush at any cost?

Here's Andrea Mitchell chiming in on this. You know.........one of the star witnesses for Bush apologists in the CIA leak case. Still like her style?


BUSH: Well, David, I don‘t want to contradict an august reporter such as yourself, but I was made aware of the NIE last week. In August, I think it was John—Mike McConnell came in and said, We have some new information. He didn‘t tell me what the information was. He did tell me it was going to take a while to analyze.

MATTHEWS: Well, you have to ask—the president is known for his lack of curiosity, but on a question of war and World War III, wouldn‘t he have said to the guy who works for him, Well, give me an indication, is it going down or up, this threat of war?

MITCHELL: And should I moderate my rhetoric? Is there going to be a shift here? I know you haven‘t established, you haven‘t proved it. You‘re still bringing in your experts.

It is incomprehensible to me that the president of the United States could be told by his director of National Intelligence, We have new information on Iran, which was the key foreign policy issue seizing him and his team, and not ask, So what is it? How could he not ask? How could they let him go out and give speeches that are carefully vetted that talk about nuclear holocaust and World War III? The vice president on October 21. It is just impossible to believe. And in fact, we were told yesterday by their own briefers that he was briefed along the way all these months as they were working on it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22114621/