Augean Stables » British and Israeli Spies Concerned Iran Fooled Activist U.S. Intelligence

Augean Stables » British and Israeli Spies Concerned Iran Fooled Activist U.S. Intelligence: "ot surprisingly, the recent National Intelligence Estimate is being exploited by those who feel it is their duty to do their part to avoid war with Iran. Energetically, and often with barely suppressed glee, they point to the NIE as proof that Iran, much like Iraq in 2003, represents no imminent threat, and should be engaged through direct negotiation. This includes the media as well as much of the intelligence community. At best, the intelligence community is gun-shy because of its failure to accurately assess Iraq; at worst, it uses uncritically any material that, in its eyes, will stop Bush’s rush to"