A new intelligence assessment that Iran's nuclear weapons program halted in 2003 utterly contradicts the dire claims made by the war-mongering White House. Full Story »
Posted by Melva Hackney
The author of this opinion piece vents his prejudices but ignores the facts. Number 1 is that the NIE is not a Bush-Cheney creation, it is a combination of the efforts of 16 agencies. And it is largely produced by career bureaucrats, many of whom predate 2001. Number 2, he fails to note that in 2005 the NIE said Iran was actively pursuing nuclear weapons. So the headline is incorrect in saying that Bush and Cheney did anything fraudulent. That's simply nonsense. Number 3, he ignores the fact that the NIE is not unanimous and that several agencies do not agree with the assessment. This piece should have been edited by the people who run the blog before they allowed it to be posted. Very poor journalism.
