On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:32:29 -0700, " \"- Prof. Jonez©\""
<jonez@norcom.ca> wrote:

>Acharya wrote:
>> "U.S. intelligence" are the same idiots who never had a clue about
>> Al-qaeda .and the World Trade Center.
>
>
>APRIL 10--Under pressure from the September 11 commission, the White House today
>declassified and released an intelligence digest given to President George W.
>Bush weeks before the 2001 terrorist attacks. The confidential President's Daily
>Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2001 contained a two-page section entitled "Bin Ladin
>Determined to Strike in US," and refers to possible hijacking attempts by Osama
>bin Laden disciples and the existence of about 70 FBI investigations into
>alleged al-Qaeda cells operating within the United States. The August 6 PDB, an
>excerpt from which you'll find below, was presented to Bush while he vacationed
>at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The digest is prepared by the Central
>Intelligence Agency, an official from which briefs the president on the report's
>contents. While Bush critics have described the August 6 PDB as a warning of an
>impending al-Qaeda attack, Condoleezza Rice, Bush's national security adviser,
>testified Thursday
>
>>
>>
>> " "- Prof. Jonez©"" <jonez@norcom.ca> wrote in message
>> news:ycX2e.35$_V4.1543@news.uswest.net...
>> > > > > > Report Says U.S. Intelligence 'Dead Wrong' on Iraq
>> > > > > > Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:42 AM ET
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > By Steve Holland and Adam Entous
>> > > > > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence on Iraq was "dead
>> > > > > > wrong," dealing a blow to American credibility that will
>> > > > > > take years to undo, and spymasters still know disturbingly
>> > > > > > little about nuclear programs in countries like Iran and
>> > > > > > North Korea, a presidential commission reported on Thursday.
>> > > > > > The commission's bluntly written report, based on more than
>> > > > > > a year of investigations, offered a damning assessment of the
>> > > > > > intelligence that President Bush used to launch the Iraq
>> > > > > > war two years ago and warned that flaws are still all too
>> > > > > > common throughout spy agencies. "We conclude that the
>> > > > > > intelligence community was dead wrong in
>> > > > > > almost all of its prewar judgments about Iraq's weapons of
>> > > > > > mass destruction," the commissioners wrote.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > And at a time when the United States is accusing Iran of
>> > > > > > nuclear ambitions and pressuring North Korea on its nuclear
>> > > > > > programs, the report said: "Across the board, the intelligence
>> > > > > > community knows
>> > > > > > disturbingly little about the nuclear programs of many of
>> > > > > > the world's most dangerous actors."
>> > > > > > The presidential commission, led by appeals court judge
>> > > > > > Laurence Silberman and former Virginia Republican Sen.
>> > > > > > Charles Robb, called for a broad overhaul in the spy community to
>> > > > > > increase
>> > > > > > information-sharing and foster dissenting views.
>> > > > > > "The flaws we found in the intelligence community's Iraq
>> > > > > > performance are still all too common," they wrote.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president
>> > > > > > agreed the intelligence community needs fundamental change.
>> > > > > > He said its recommendations would be reviewed and acted on
>> > > > > > "in a fairly quick period of time."
>> > > > > > A key chapter in the report -- on U.S. intelligence on
>> > > > > > alleged nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea --
>> > > > > > was classified and not released publicly.
>> > > > > > But sources familiar with that section said it was among the
>> > > > > > most critical, finding U.S. intelligence on Iran's nuclear
>> > > > > > program in particular to be inadequate.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The White House has acknowledged intelligence shortcomings
>> > > > > > -- national security adviser Stephen Hadley called data on
>> > > > > > Iran "hard to come by" -- but the administration has made
>> > > > > > clear it stands
>> > > > > > by its policy of preemption.
>> > > > > > A senior administration official said "there has been no
>> > > > > > change in our policy to confront threats before they have the
>> > > > > > opportunity to strike the homeland."
>> > > > > > IRAQ INTELLIGENCE 'WORTHLESS OR MISLEADING'
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The 600-page report sharply criticized the
>> > > > > > intelligence-gathering on Iraq by the CIA, Defense
>> > > > > > Intelligence Agency
>> > > > > > and other
>> > > > > > agencies for producing "worthless or misleading"
>> > > > > > intelligence before a war fought over claims that Saddam
>> > > > > > Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, none of
>> > > > > > which was found. In what amounted to a direct assault on George
>> > > > > > Tenet, who
>> > > > > > was CIA director in the run-up to the Iraq war and gave the
>> > > > > > president his daily intelligence briefing, the commission
>> > > > > > found that
>> > > > > > "the
>> > > > > > daily reports sent to the president and senior policymakers
>> > > > > > discussing Iraq over many months proved to be disastrously
>> > > > > > one-sided."
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, accused of hyping the
>> > > > > > intelligence on Iraq in order to pursue a costly war with a
>> > > > > > deadly aftermath, escaped direct blame.
>> > > > > > "The analysts who worked Iraqi weapons issues universally
>> > > > > > agreed that in no instance did political pressure cause
>> > > > > > them to skew or alter any of their analytical judgments,"
>> > > > > > the report said. But it added: "It is hard to deny the conclusion
>> > > > > > that
>> > > > > > intelligence analysts worked in an environment that did not
>> > > > > > encourage skepticism about the conventional wisdom."
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > CHANGES NECESSARY
>

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