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To: Graystone who wrote (106571)7/20/2003 12:07:44 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I was not aware that the job of an intelligence agency was to explore fanciful options. The lives of many soldiers have been lost, this is no flight of fancy

No, it's their job to worry about potential dangers by tracing sketchy information into a unified hypothesis. The correct question is not, does any incorrect intelligence get through? because some always will. The correct question is, is the intelligence-gathering process sound?