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To: sylvester80 who wrote (163556)	6/3/2005 9:31:29 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

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To: sylvester80 who wrote (163556)	6/4/2005 2:53:25 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Two terms from the intelligence community: cherry picking & stovepiping... These are the methods used to "fix the intelligence." Cheney is the stovepipe and his Orwellian "office of special plans" did the cherry picking. Semour Hersh writes, "...A retired C.I.A. officer described for me some of the questions that would normally arise in vetting: “Does dramatic information turned up by an overseas spy square with his access, or does it exceed his plausible reach? How does the agent behave? Is he on time for meetings?” The vetting process is especially important when one is dealing with foreign-agent reports—sensitive intelligence that can trigger profound policy decisions. In theory, no request for action should be taken directly to higher authorities—a process known as “stovepiping”—without the information on which it is based having been subjected to rigorous scrutiny." newyorker.com