Re: Congressional inquiry on intelligence services

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at 07:49:54 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
>The difference is that in the US the blame is directed at the intelligence
>services rather than the president.  ...

Aside from Paul Krugman and a tiny handful of others, you're just
about right:

     NY Times: June 3, 2003
     Standard Operating Procedure
     By PAUL KRUGMAN

     The mystery of Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction has
     become a lot less mysterious. Recent reports in major British
     newspapers and three major American news magazines, based on
     leaks from angry intelligence officials, back up the sources who
     told my colleague Nicholas Kristof that the Bush administration
     "grossly manipulated intelligence" about W.M.D.'s.

     And anyone who talks about an "intelligence failure" is missing
     the point.  The problem lay not with intelligence professionals,
     but with the Bush and Blair administrations. They wanted a war,
     so they demanded reports supporting their case, while dismissing
     contrary evidence.

     [...]


Bill