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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (12558)7/25/2005 1:12:44 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (3) of 35834
 
The Senate Report stated that there is no evidence of that the Bush Admin coerced the CIA to change its opinion of Saddam's WMD programs. The truth is otherwise.

In the body of its report the senate committee reported that the CIA ombudsman had talked to 24 CIA officers about pressure from administration officials.

The ombudsman told the committee that about half a dozen mentioned "pressure" from the administration; several others did not use that word, but spoke in a context that implied it.

According to Mr Rockefeller, George Tenet had told the inquiry that analysts had come to him complaining about pressure. Another intelligence veteran had testified that "the hammering of analysts was greater than any he had seen in 32 years at the CIA".


guardian.co.uk

Cheney's office requested an inquiry into Niger, but the CIA never relayed the results back to him. Wilson had to publish it in a newspaper for Cheney to hear it, because by that time the CIA had figured out that the Bush Admin would get angry when told of facts that didn't fit the agenda.

Don't cite the Senate Report again on this thread.

Tom
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