Something actually worth reading from a RW blog (Power Line)

[Jim Lane]

This isn't a post of some conservative idiocy so that you can laugh at how idiotic it is. The RW blog Power Line has a parody of National Intelligence Estimates.

Excerpt:

Please note the following definitions used in this report:

SLAM-DUNK CONFIDENCE – We have at least two facts to back up the opinions we already had.

SO-SO CONFIDENCE – We have only one fact, or an almost-fact, to back up our opinions, but if we're wrong we can say we had only so-so confidence, so it's good cover.

ITSY BITSY CONFIDENCE – We don't know anything about it, but we know what we want to push you to do.

The text of the supposed newly discovered NIE then tries to prove that there are no ducks in Iran, even after the sighting of something that looks, walks, and quacks like a duck.

I'm guessing that the neocons at Power Line weren't engaged in such parodies when NIE's were issued that supported the imperialist adventure in Iraq or other parts of their agenda, so their skepticism is a little belated -- but, hey, better late than never.