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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (423435)	7/6/2003 1:39:35 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

The point being made is that the intelligence was not exaggerated by the "intelligence community". It was however used in bad faith by the administration... which includes lies, exaggerations and distortions. "When discussing Iraq's WMD, administration officials rarely included the caveats and qualifiers attached to the intelligence community's judgments," said Rep. Jane Harman of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, during a House debate last week. "For many Americans, the administration's certainty gave the impression that there was even stronger intelligence about Iraq's possession of and intention to use WMD." foxnews.com 1. To omit qualifying language is distortion. 2. To state certainties when the qualifiers were known is lying. 3. To give "the impression that there was even stronger intelligence about Iraq's possession of and intention to use WMD." is exaggeration. The administration is plainly guilty of all 3. The administration's absolute bungling in not even attempting to make a coordinated effort to assess warnings received on all levels prior to 9/11 makes them also guilty of incompetence. Their incompetence also shows in Afghanistan today and very likely in Iraq quite soon.