NIE still MIA.
By on Jan 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am
NIE still MIA.
The long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq is still not complete, a National Intelligence Council official told senators last week. The official said the intel community has been too busy “dealing with the many demands placed upon it by the Bush Administration to help prepare the new military strategy on Iraq.” Senate hearing attendees “now believe that senior intelligence officials are stalling because an NIE will be bleak enough to present a significant political liability.”
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Strategy first, intelligence later (maybe never).
Sounds like a Bush plan to me!
Too bad about all the blood, though.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 amI was listening to a radio broadcast 2 weeks ago which clearly implied there would be no NIE until well after the State of the Union address………………
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 amDoes the intelligence community ONLY work for the whitehouse? Congress shpould DEMAND the information needed to access the situation. DUH.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 amIt will be released after the war with Iran starts. Then there will be an investigation into the pretenses for that and on…and on…and on…
Spare me the bull.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 amSenate hearing attendees “now believe that senior intelligence officials are stalling because an NIE will be bleak enough to present a significant political liability.â€
It is time for Congress to begin acting like a legit branch of the American government. There must be actions they can now take to force the issue. Otherwise, bushco continues to give the world the finger.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:18 amIt is time for Congress to begin acting like a legit branch of the American government
…and I’ve written my “legislators” once a week, every week, until they do.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 amNIE, we don’ need no stinkin NIE!
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 amAfter all, it is an intelligence estimate.
I’d estimate Bush’s intelligence at negligible.
Can the House or Senate Armed Services committee issue a directive to all Air Force pilots to disobey a command to strike Iran?
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 amWhat’s so hard about Dubya’s plan anyway:
Send more troops….Hope it works…. Go to Crawford ……. Cut brush…
Didn’t work? ……..HMMMMMM………Send more troops ………… Invade Iran.
See, that is WAY easy!
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 amThis could also be read as “nobody in charge knows what in the hell they are doing.” Its like arguing with a drunk driver to turn over the keys. Only problem is they are already in the car and driving.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am[...] Posted in Military, Government, GOP, Iraq War, Congress, Bush Administration at 10:06 am by LeisureGuy ThinkProgress: The long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq is still not complete, a National Intelligence Council official told senators last week. The official said the intel community has been too busy “dealing with the many demands placed upon it by the Bush Administration to help prepare the new military strategy on Iraq.†Senate hearing attendees “now believe that senior intelligence officials are stalling because an NIE will be bleak enough to present a significant political liability.†[...]
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:02 pmBut wouldn’t this NIE report be a cornerstone for plans for a new way forward in Iraq rather than a proposal for a new way forward and then an NIE estimate.
Bush getting something exactly backwards has become a dog bites man story.
Lastly, wouldn’t this NIE report also be very helpful for Senators being asked to vote on resolutions before Congress expressing no confidence in Bush’s proposal to “surge” troops in Badhdad and Anbar?
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:15 pmThey NEVER change their game plan — how many years did we await a report from Roberts that never arrived? How many delays have we had from the White House in releasing documents as required by law?
January 22nd, 2007 at 5:13 pmAsking them for a report is merely an exercise. Ask them for a report then accompany them back to their offices and sit there until the report is produced. Treat them like incorrigible students in a school for wayward children — do not accept their word for anything.