National Intelligence Director knocks down Hoekstra.

In an op-ed in the WSJ this week, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee Peter Hoekstra mocked efforts by the committee to commission a National Intelligence Estimate on the effects of global warming. As ThinkProgress noted, a host of military experts have recommended such studies. And now, so has the Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell. In a letter to Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), he writes:

I believe it’s entirely appropriate for the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to prepare an assessment on the geopolitical and security implications of global climate change.