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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (54128)	10/22/2004 12:42:32 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 81568

Senator Says Pentagon Office Massaged Iraq Data by Tabassum Zakaria Also See: * Pentagon's Feith Again at Center of Disaster * Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network * FBI Espionage Probe Goes Beyond Israeli Allegations, Sources Say US Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith (AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski) WASHINGTON - A Democratic U.S. Senator on Thursday accused a senior Pentagon official of distorting intelligence information to back claims of links between Iraq and al Qaeda in the run-up to last year's U.S.-led invasion. A report issued by Sen. Carl Levin, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, also questioned assertions of pre-war links between Baghdad and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who since the invasion has emerged as a leader in the anti-U.S. insurgency. The report, compiled by the committee's Democratic staff, criticized the Office of Special Plans, which operated under the auspices of Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy. It was released less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which President Bush's handling of Iraq is a major issue. The report said Feith's office looked at evidence "through a different lens, one that was predisposed to finding a significant relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda." Democrats have frequently accused Feith and other hawks in the Bush administration of manipulating data supplied by the CIA and other sources to bolster the case for invading Iraq. The 46-page report argued that Pentagon assertions of a link between al Qaeda and Iraq's President Saddam Hussein were not supported by intelligence reports on which they were purportedly based. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, a Virginia Republican, said it was too early to draw conclusions on these issues because the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking into these issues and its work was not complete. Levin said he released the report shortly before the presidential election because Congress was working on drafting an intelligence reform bill. © Copyright 2004 Reuters Ltd ###

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (54128)	10/22/2004 1:41:22 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

This study is correct from what I have seen talking to people even here in information rich California. However, at this late stage, I think it does not matter who is ahead in the popular vote (since it is a statistical tie). As long as this stays within the margin of the tie, the electoral college scenario takes precedence just like we saw in 2000. If the candidates poll numbers have a spread outside of the margin of error, then it is safe to assume that the popular vote will also reflect the Electoral College numbers. So far, Kerry is poised to do what Bush did in 2000; maybe loose out on the popular vote but get the electoral college vote and become President. It is Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania that he is most likely to carry and between Wis. MN and Iowa he is most likely to carry 2 of the 3. 11 more days and we shall see who the undecideds (I believe it is now 11%) break for.