Walter Pincus and R. Jeffrey Smith on IG Report:

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17051786/


WASHINGTON - Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence community, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general.

Feith's office "was predisposed to finding a significant relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda," according to portions of the report, released yesterday by Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.). The inspector general described Feith's activities as "an alternative intelligence assessment process."

An unclassified summary of the full document is scheduled for release today in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which Levin chairs. In that summary, a copy of which was obtained from another source by The Washington Post, the inspector general concluded that Feith's assessment in 2002 that Iraq and al-Qaeda had a "mature symbiotic relationship" was not fully supported by available intelligence but was nonetheless used by policymakers.

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In a telephone interview Thursday, Feith emphasized the inspector general's conclusion that his actions, described in the report as "inappropriate," were not unlawful. "This was not 'alternative intelligence assessment,' " he said. "It was from the start a criticism of the consensus of the intelligence community, and in presenting it I was not endorsing its substance."

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Under the Nuremberg principals he had an affirmative responsibility to correct the mis use of the information by Bush & Cheney...

On Edit: Feith's excuse...

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Speechless outrage

"I didn't break the law! *whines*" :argh: :banghead:

Now that they have a report in black and white will something be done to put them on trial and throw them into the slammer!!!??? I doubt it!

Bush/Cheney implemented a Top Down strategy with the intelligence community. There's no way in hell you're going to get reliable intelligence with that, and they knew it! Why they are not being marched into impeachment hearings and then turned over for crimes to the Hague is simply unforgivable!!! And that goes for the LOT of them including the OSP!