[Al Jazeera] U.S. spy agencies "dead wrong" on Saddams WMDs

Al-Jazeera is not an unworthy news source. As this article shows, among others they do report the news, and it isn't all anti-American propoganda as some would have us believe.

I have seen articles from Al-Jazeera where they only interview or have quotes from one side of an issue, and in a news article that is definitely a no-no. But it certainly is no more biased than many of the American mainstream news agencies that are freely sourced around here. I think an article by article approach would be better than a blanket condemnation of the source.

 

Look . . . NO ONE CARES

The war is on . . .and if they lied to do it . . NO ONE CARES

9/11 changed everything
this Admin has free reign to do WHATEVER WHENEVER

Rocket River

 

I heard an interesting point on npr this morning. With Enron, WorldCom, AIG etc the blame is going right to the top. With Iraq its going to 'the system.' That doesn't make much sense to me. And I'm no conspiracy theorist, I just think the administration ought to be held accountable for inspiring, if not demanding, groupthink on the WMD issue.

 

In regards to intelligence during the run-up to the Iraq Occupation, the bottom line is that the Bush Administration got what they wanted, rather than what they needed. Any intelligence that didn't cater to their beliefs was either swept under the rug or ignored outright.

 

True dat...

...and now the great concession is to pin the blame on the bad information from the intelligence community rather than on the questionable judgements made with that info....

 

An interesting, non-partisan take on the intelligence failure.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3117719

 

mission accomplished

 

Thats nice you feel that way... but
Condi Rice who was caught up in lies about Iraq's WMD program in a white house press conference doesn't fall on the sword... she gets promoted to Sec. of State

the system is beyond broken

 

And Wolfowitz who so badly planned things and made predictions so far off the mark, is now tapped to head the world bank.

 

And "Slam dunk" Tenet gets a Medal of Freedom.

 

There can be another answer no one is considering.

1. The U.S. intelligence agencies especially the CIA are incredibly accurate, have the highest efficiency and technology and capabilities in the world and plan things extremely well to meet their objectives and at the same time preventing detection of their operation, intentions and goals.
2. Under this senario the public perception that we were mistaken about the lack of WMD, would allow media attention and Congressional attention to follow this as a possibility for as long as possible. The charge of "poor communication" between agencies or other intelligence break downs is an easy way to pin blame for something that never really happened.
3. All of this would be necessary if the truth was we already new there weren't any WMD and that we would invade the country. These intentions were laid out in foreign policy outlined in the stategic publication- Rebuilding America's Defenses - Strategies, Forces and Resources For a New Century (http://www.newamericancentury.org/publicationsreports.htm) -- issued in September 2000 by the Project for the New American Century

Do a search on Project for the New American Century and you will find all the ground work being laid in 1999 for what is happening today in the middle east.

 

rhester the neocons on the board wouldn't even look at that document in 2003 when we were really "debating" the merits of the war.

All you'll get now is "who cares."

 

mc mark- thats too bad,
I don't think Osama Bin Laden blows his nose without the CIA knowing about it.

Those guys are extremely intelligent and efficient and thorough.