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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ilaine who wrote (98991)5/23/2003 11:45:12 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 

But . . . . were they lying? I don't think so.

An issue of semantics, to some extent: at what point does manipulation of information become a lie?

It's widely reported in the intelligence community that information that did not support the "imminent threat" hypothesis was routinely shunted aside.

I realize that I'm flirting here with FL's request to postpone discussion of this issue, but I think the administration's position could be strengthened a lot if they would reveal some of the information on which the assessments were based. This could not have been done before the war, for fear of revealing the sources, but surely this is less of an issue now. Revealing the basis for the threat assessment would not settle the issue of whether or not the threat was real, but it would go a long way toward settling the question of whether or not the administration acted in good faith.
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