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To: epicure who wrote (51283)10/11/2002 5:00:21 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
No, the point is the Bush administration is pushing the CIA to reconfigure evidence to be more in line with what they are telling the public...Senior Bush administration officials are pressuring CIA analysts to tailor their assessments of the Iraqi threat to help build a case against Saddam Hussein, intelligence and congressional sources saidThe sources stressed that CIA analysts--who are supposed to be impartial--are fighting to resist the pressure (from the Administration) . But they said analysts are increasingly resentful of what they perceive as efforts to contaminate the intelligence process.



To: epicure who wrote (51283)10/11/2002 5:09:27 PM
From: jcky  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I was being melodramatic, X.

In this particular case, the intent to deceive or mislead by the war hawks is very clear.