"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message
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You don't suppose that they also gather their own intel through other
sources, do you?

**Of course. They just chose to ignore them and rely on (incorrect) US
sources.

How do you know they didn't all reach the same conclusion, independently?


The point is simple, Bush is not in charge of the CIA, which was saying
the same thing before Bush took office, indeed Tenet was CIA director
under Bill Clinton.

**Then Dubya needs to clear out the CIA and any other intelligence
agencies he used. Clearly, they don't have a clue. Why has he not done
this? Such
incompetence should not be rewarded.

Because in other situations they have been on target and correct.
Because it is not a perfect art.



There was no sudden shift in opinion from the intelligence community to
start claiming something they had not been saying previously.

Personally I wish they had gotten more accurate intel, it makes things
much easier.

Claiming Bush made it up or that the CIA was in cahoots to try and bring
false info in order to start a war is simply not backed up by any facts
from any source.

**Then why has Dubya not cleared out the CIA of all the incompetent
people. Clearly, the CIA is riddled with morons.

Not really, it made an apparent mistake, that is unless the information was
true and Saddam hid the stuff.


Not that such things are important to the left, especially in an election
year.

**Good intelligence information IS important.

You should try getting some.