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| It's no secret: The CIA plays politics |
| 2006-02-21 |
| GALLONS OF ink have been spilled since 2003 about how the Bush administration ignored internal predictions of post-war instability, terrorism and rising Islamism in Iraq. Intelligence, critics argue, was "cherry-picked" to bolster the argument for war. What much of the public doesn't realize is that the CIA's Monday-morning quarterbacks, who originated many of the complaints, are themselves handpicking intelligence to boost their antiwar cause. This is a well-trodden road, littered with bitter treatises and interviews from ex-spooks and hangers-on such as Michael Scheuer, the "anonymous" author of "Imperial Hubris," and former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his ex-CIA wife, Valerie Plame. The latest offering comes from Paul Pillar, a former CIA deputy counterterrorism chief, in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #1 You would think that with the numerous amount of leaks out of the CIA, State, etc. they would get one issue to stick. The fact that not one has seriously stuck leads me to conclude that the ones manipulating/cherry-pickign the intelligence are the agencies themselves. |
| Posted by: danking_70 2006-02-21 11:43 |