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To: Sully- who wrote (2172)4/7/2006 3:29:20 PM
From: PartyTime  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
Wes, you still got a problem. You see, within the 2002 NIE was also the opinion of the US State and Energy departments. These were contrarian conclusions, not included in the Bush-Cheney-Libby version of declassification. This amounts to propaganda and abuse of power for political purposes. There's also the consideration of what exactly is the proper way to declassify documents, and I don't think third-party hearsay decision-making is considered either prudent or practical.

Anyway, here's some more reading on the subject:

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