CIA Disputes Dubyas Iraq Terror Link Claims

a_unique_person · 2nd February 2003, 02:26 PM

Quote:

The Bush Administration's efforts to build a case for war against Iraq using intelligence to link Iraq to al-Qaeda and the development of prohibited weapons has created friction within US intelligence agencies, Government officials said yesterday.

Some CIA analysts have complained that senior Administration officials have exaggerated the significance of some intelligence reports about Iraq - particularly about its possible links to terrorism - to strengthen their political argument for war, Government officials said.

At the FBI, some investigators said they were baffled by the Bush Administration's insistence on a solid link between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's network.

"We've been looking at this hard for more than a year and you know what, we just don't think it's there," a Government official said.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...122260727.html

subgenius · 2nd February 2003, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by a_unique_person

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...122260727.html

""It's more than just scepticism," said an official, describing the feelings of some analysts in the intelligence agencies. "I think there is also a sense of disappointment with the community's leadership that they are not standing up for them at a time when the intelligence is obviously being politicised."

As is the war itself.
Of course, with their sources

,and connections

, maybe Dubya, Daddy, and Dickie do know more that they're telling.

2nd February 2003, 02:26 PM	#1
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mt Disappointment Posts: 33,329	CIA Disputes Dubyas Iraq Terror Link Claims Quote: The Bush Administration's efforts to build a case for war against Iraq using intelligence to link Iraq to al-Qaeda and the development of prohibited weapons has created friction within US intelligence agencies, Government officials said yesterday. Some CIA analysts have complained that senior Administration officials have exaggerated the significance of some intelligence reports about Iraq - particularly about its possible links to terrorism - to strengthen their political argument for war, Government officials said. At the FBI, some investigators said they were baffled by the Bush Administration's insistence on a solid link between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's network. "We've been looking at this hard for more than a year and you know what, we just don't think it's there," a Government official said. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...122260727.html
	__________________ *Continually pushing the boundaries of mediocrity.* Everything is possible, but not everything is probable. For if a man pretend to me that God hath spoken to him supernaturally, and immediately, and I make doubt of it, I cannot easily perceive what argument he can produce to oblige me to believe it. Hobbes

2nd February 2003, 03:15 PM	#2
subgenius Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,788	Re: CIA Disputes Dubyas Iraq Terror Link Claims Quote: Originally posted by a_unique_person http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...122260727.html ""It's more than just scepticism," said an official, describing the feelings of some analysts in the intelligence agencies. "I think there is also a sense of disappointment with the community's leadership that they are not standing up for them at a time when the intelligence is obviously being politicised." As is the war itself. Of course, with their sources ,and connections , maybe Dubya, Daddy, and Dickie do know more that they're telling.
subgenius Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,788	__________________ "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power."---Franklin D. Roosevelt Proud to be Liberal