U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran
GOP-Led Panel Faults Intelligence
Based on the above sub-title of the article alone a conclusion that it should be filed under another slam dunk of something was merited. A slam dunk of intelligence period and in all forms.
But a key paragraph proves that:
The report relies exclusively on publicly available documents. Its authors did not interview intelligence officials. Still, it warns the intelligence community to avoid the mistakes made regarding weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war, noting that Iran could easily be engaged in "a denial and deception campaign to exaggerate progress on its nuclear program as Saddam Hussein apparently did concerning his WMD programs."
How could any fair and balanced person analyse let alone criticize or come to a conclusion "exclusively on publicly available documents" and "not interview intelligence officials"? Only by having a conclusion that you do not want any facts to get in the way of or for intelligence not to be in the picture.
This is not to say that there are many who do not know, but if one knew, then what? That is farther out of the frame. Just because they fear not to act, because they don't know, does not mean, to act, will not be harder work.
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Just before hitting the publish button, I told a friend that I may have flown off the handle on this, and then after finishing a full reading of the article lost some of my enthusiasm. However, that only points more to the balance of the article and not the validity of my extrapolations. Two pieces reinjuvenated my enthusiasm for my logic, despite having so little to work from. See next post.
...next post being: The links that connect
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