Frank Gaffney called the NIE Report 'Silly'.

[spanone]

on Hardball

My God. we're talking about a report issued by SIXTEEN of our intelligence agencies.

He calls it silly....Tweety was somewhat appalled. It was Gaffney and Buchanan; Buchanan was the liberal relief...wtf

National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs), produced by the National Intelligence Council, express the coordinated judgments of the US Intelligence Community made up of 16 intelligence agencies, and thus represent the most authoritative assessment of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with respect to a particular national security issue. NIEs are considered to be "estimative" intelligence products, in that they present what intelligence analysts estimate (not predict) may be the course of future events. Coordination of NIEs involves not only trying to resolve any interagency differences, but also assigning confidence levels to the key judgments and rigorously evaluating the sourcing for them. Each NIE is reviewed and approved for dissemination by the National Intelligence Board (NIB), which comprises the DNI and other senior Intelligence Community leaders within the Intelligence Community.

National Intelligence Estimates are classified documents prepared for policy-makers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_intelligence_estimate

[thepurpose]

1. Well he's just taking bad about the troops. Pass the word.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Frank "American Flag Tie" Gaffney calls ANYTHING besides his tie silly?

Goober-extrordinaire...:crazy:

[JeffR]

3. What's silly is that someone as dumb as Gaffney is considered

a person of worthwhile opinions on anything, by anyone. I could pick my nose and come up with something smarter than Frank Gaffney, though equally disgusting.

[spanone]

5. had the NIE report had the opposite conclusion, gaffney would have hailed it as reason to invade

called them the 'utmost authority on intelligence' and recommeded all sixteen agencies for promotions and pay raises.

[JeffR]

7. True

The Gaffer has strange standards.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Then he'd better damn well have some evidence for that statement

I'm sick of these neocons who make these grand sweeping statements with NO corroborative evidence.

Sorry, I'm just talking to myself.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. I'm sure Gaffney is so tragically heartbroken that he can't get his Iran war

The death of his war dreams is worse than a death in the family.

[Frustratedlady]

8. I saw that and watched with my jaw on the floor.

Aside from the fact anyone would say the things he was saying, who the hell is he? I've never heard of Frank Gaffney.

[spanone]

9. here's some info

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. (born 1953) is the founder and president of the think tank Center for Security Policy, as well as a contributor, contributing editor, and columnist for a number of publications, including the Washington Times, National Review Online, WorldNetDaily, and Jewish World Review. He is considered a neoconservative.

Gaffney began his public service career working as an aide in the office of Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson under Richard Perle in the 1970s. In April of 1987, Gaffney was nominated to and temporarily acted in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration. His appointment was blocked by the United States Senate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gaffney

[Frustratedlady]

12. Thanks. If that's how a Neocon mind works, no wonder we're in deep doodoo.

They are pretty remarkable in their thinking. How did they get so far away from reality? Scary!

[TahitiNut]

10. He's a neo-con ... what else would he say?? He worked for Richard Perle, fer crissakes.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frank_Gaffney

[spanone]

11. the neocons are really rather remarkable. they Never let the truth interfere with their purpose

they believe denial equates the perceived truth