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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (529549)	1/27/2004 3:00:06 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) of 769667

The latest Republican spin is that the CIA misled them Yes, this is a particularly dishonest lie, since it was the White House that was pressuring the CIA to play up the WMD threat. CIA officials tell of Cheney pressure By Walter Pincus, Dana Priest Vice-President Dick Cheney and a top aide visited the CIA several times over the past year, making some analysts feel they were being pressured, say intelligence officials. Some say they felt they were having to make assessments of Iraq data to fit the Administration's policy objectives. One senior CIA official said the visits by Mr Cheney and his chief-of-staff to question the analysts "sent signals, intended or otherwise, that a certain output was desired from here". Other CIA officials said they were not influenced by the visits, and some said they welcomed them. But the disclosure of Mr Cheney's unusual hands-on role comes on the heels of mounting concern from intelligence officials and members of Congress that the Government may have exaggerated intelligence to build a case for war. While visits to CIA headquarters by a vice-president are not unprecedented, they are unusual, according to intelligence officials. [continued ...] theage.com.au Tom

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