Another Twist and Turn

The Iran NIE story gets more complicated, with another layer of confusion being applied today..

Was the NIE Cooked to Thwart Bush’s Iran Policy?

Interesting report over at NRO’s The Corner: Eli Lake reports that top spy Michael McConnell has had second thoughts about the National Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program. If the goal of the NIE was to tie Bush’s hands, it succeeded marvelously. Eli writes: “The director of national intelligence is backing [...]

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