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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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03 Sep 2006 08:36:53 AM |
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Iraq: A Sweeping, Secret New Report. |
From NEWSWEEK, Sept. 11, 2006 issue:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14638232/site/newsweek/
Iraq: A Sweeping, Secret New Report
Newsweek
Bush administration policymakers and their congressional backers may
get some unwelcome news from a new analysis on Iraq that the office of
intelligence czar John Negroponte will soon produce.
In late July, leading Senate Democrats asked Negroponte to come up
with a new Iraq National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE, a secret study
that is supposed to reflect the views of all 16 U.S. intel agencies.
The most recent Iraq NIE, produced two years ago, was generally
pessimistic about the future of the country. In a letter to
Negroponte, the Senate Dems asked for U.S. analysts' best assessment
on a sheaf of awkward issues, including: Is Iraq in a civil war or
close to it? How effective are new Iraqi security forces? Is the Iraqi
government stable?
The contents of the report may have been foreshadowed in a recent
series of closed-door briefings given to Congress by the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
The Pentagon's intelligence arm painted a scenario in which Iraq could
dissolve into civil war if Iraqi security forces don't soon get their
act together.
One official familiar with the briefing, who asked not to be
identified because of the sensitive subject matter, said that the
picture it painted was dire, although another official--who requested
anonymity for the same reason--insisted it was not entirely
despairing, since Iraqi security forces were beginning to improve.
Though NIEs are normally classified, Dems are already pressing the
administration to make public a summary of the upcoming study.
The officials said intel agencies are under some pressure to produce
the new report before the November midterm elections.
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Be prepared for a lot of the usual stonewalling.
Harry
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| User: "NeoLibertarian" |
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| Title: Re: Iraq: A Sweeping, Secret New Report. |
03 Sep 2006 03:10:32 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From NEWSWEEK, Sept. 11, 2006 issue:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14638232/site/newsweek/
Iraq: A Sweeping, Secret New Report
Harry, there's no such thing as a "secret report" in the United States
any more.
--
NeoLibertarian
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