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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: steve harris who wrote (711301)11/5/2005 8:50:20 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
I think Saddam was no threat to America. Therefore the cost of removing Saddam far outweighs any benefit.

I also think this new report is really shocking. Not only does it provide further evidence that Bush lied about the prewar intelligence, but that relevant information was not included in the Senate intelligence report of July 2004. Its not clear if the information was withheld from the Senate panel.

The report issued by the Senate intelligence committee in July 2004 questioned whether some versions of intelligence report prepared by the C.I.A. in late 2002 and early 2003 raised sufficient questions about the reliability of Mr. Libi's claims.

But neither that report nor another issued by the Sept. 11 commission made any reference to the existence of the earlier and more skeptical 2002 report by the D.I.A., which supplies intelligence to military commanders and national security policy makers. As an official intelligence report, labeled DITSUM No. 044-02, the document would have circulated widely within the government, and it would have been available to the C.I.A., the White House, the Pentagon and other agencies. It remains unclear whether the D.I.A. document was provided to the Senate panel.

nytimes.com
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