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To: Elroy who wrote (196911)2/18/2007 3:43:01 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 793739
 
You're right that it doesn't say in so many words that the White House MUST obey the analysis of the intelligence community; but it is strongly implied, down to the "amazement" that the White House wasn't obeying the "policy implications" of the CIA's analysis - this being the CIA's analysis that isn't supposed to be "policy prescriptive".

You really get the impression that the CIA analysis funnels you into the "right" answer - maybe you get to chose between policies A and A'; you get to move the furniture around a little, but woe betide you if you say you don't like the house you're being presented, you want to build another.

What can "What is most remarkable about prewar U.S. intelligence on Iraq ...is that it played so small a role in one of the most important U.S. policy decisions in recent decades" mean, except that the prewar U.S. intelligence (read: CIA analysis) on Iraq was supposed to drive U.S. policy? Now if that isn't policy prescriptive, what is it?
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