Well, don't know if anyone reads this stuff, but if anyone followed the release of the new US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, this is a huge deal.
These things are essentially consensus documents and the fact that all the various agencies essentially agreed to reverse the conclusions of the last NIE means that some pretty compelling information came their way.
What is truely disturbing is that Bush and Cheney did not change their positions but merely made slight rhetorical changes to their justifications (e.g. Bush's 17 October press conference) for scare mongering shows they have learned nothing about intelligence since the Iraq fiasco began.
These two are more delusional and dangerous than I ever thought before.
These things are essentially consensus documents and the fact that all the various agencies essentially agreed to reverse the conclusions of the last NIE means that some pretty compelling information came their way.
What is truely disturbing is that Bush and Cheney did not change their positions but merely made slight rhetorical changes to their justifications (e.g. Bush's 17 October press conference) for scare mongering shows they have learned nothing about intelligence since the Iraq fiasco began.
These two are more delusional and dangerous than I ever thought before.