I am not sure what to make of this, written by GOP-led panel....

[whistle]

...it sounds like scapegoating by republicans who know full well what the Bush White House has done with Intelligence information since day one. I personally think the 29-page report should be used as toilet paper and the House committee be disbanded so intelligence can be gathered and reported without interference from political and military special interests.

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U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran GOP-Led Panel Faults Intelligence

By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 24, 2006; A01

A key House committee issued a stinging critique of U.S. intelligence on Iran yesterday, charging that the CIA and other agencies lack "the ability to acquire essential information necessary to make judgments" on Tehran's nuclear program, its intentions or even its ties to terrorism.

The 29-page report, principally written by a Republican staff member on the House intelligence committee who holds a hard-line view on Iran, fully backs the White House position that the Islamic republic is moving forward with a nuclear weapons program and that it poses a significant danger to the United States. But it chides the intelligence community for not providing enough direct evidence to support that assertion.

"American intelligence agencies do not know nearly enough about Iran's nuclear weapons program" to help policymakers at a critical time, the report's authors say. Information "regarding potential Iranian chemical weapons and biological weapons programs is neither voluminous nor conclusive," and little evidence has been gathered to tie Iran to al-Qaeda and to the recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, they say.

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."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/23/AR2006082301309.html?referrer=emailarticle

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Bush to CIA: "Toe the line this time"

God forbid don't be truthful; we won't get our war that way.

[whistle]

2. Exactly....and what happens to whistle blowers?

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. Tried for "treason"?

Or an evening with Ann Coulter, which is a good deal worse.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. The repugs need fear for the election and...............

they think that the CIA has to ramp up the rhetoric so they can exploit it.
HEADLINES,They need HEADLINES.