Kirsten Powers, Democratic strategist on Fox...says Iran NIE "unbelievable"

[madfloridian]

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From Newshounds...a look at how easily the intelligence report on Iran was dismissed. Just send a Democratic strategist out, put her pretty face in front of the camera....and let her say it is unbelievable. Works every time. Do a google news search on the terms "nie, iran". You will see mostly stuff discrediting it.

Thanks to Newshounds for capturing this bit by Kirsten Powers.

FOX News “Democrat” Kirsten Powers Calls NIE On Iran “Unbelievable”

Kirsten Powers once again spent more time burnishing her conservative street cred than she did advocating for Democrats on last night’s (12/4/07) Hannity & Colmes. Powers has no apparent credentials in national security or defense but she nonetheless declared that the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran was unbelievable. She also dismissed Alan Colmes’ question about whether or not Bush had misled the American public with his warmongering stance against Iran while 16 intelligence agencies had deemed the country not a threat. She also found time to denigrate Hillary Clinton as polarizing and scripted.

....."But Powers was obviously not interested in criticizing the president. “I do think that I’m a little skeptical about this report. The president, I don’t know if he’s being straightforward or not but the reality is, Iran is a threat,” she said.

Colmes responded by saying that whether or not the president was being straightforward with the American people is a serious question.

Not to Powers it isn’t. “There’s a question of when he had the information and when he disclosed it and maybe he was misleading people in terms of the information he had. But I do think to suggest that they’re not trying to pursue a nuclear program is unbelievable to me.”

More about Kirsten Powers.

"Kirsten A. Powers served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs and has worked in New York city and state politics. Since 2004, she has been a Fox News Political Analyst, where she regularly does on-air battle with Republican opponents on the issues of the day. She currently writes a weekly column for American Prospect Online. Her writing has appeared in USA Today, Elle Magazine, The New York Observer, and Salon. She also writes the blog PowersPoint (http://www.kpblog.com )"

See how easy it was to discredit the NIE and protect Little Boots? The day after the NIE came the destruction of the tapes...making the intelligence community look bad. Making Bush seem credible. Amazing how it is done.

[ixion]

1. ah yes... the strident Voice of Opposition

thanks, Kristen, fascist enabler. We'll remember your opinions when we're shipping the war criminals off to the Hague.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Not to distract, but Bush was talking weasel words there

He says he was briefed on "this NIE which is now public."

Only the key findings were declassified. Maybe Bush was briefed about the key findings being declassified and this became the out for the whole administration.

And Kirsten just needs to take the "Democratic" off her title.

[fascisthunter]

3. Ah Yes... Another Corporate Sellout in the Dem Party

derailing our objection to the lies. Kristen, you piece of shit!