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07/15/2003 Archived Entry: "Never, ever screw with the CIA."
Never, ever screw with the CIA.
The Thug Cabal is going to learn the hard way now - the intel agencies are telling them 'Read my lips, no new wars....
In a new dispute over interpreting intelligence data, the CIA and other agencies objected vigorously to a Bush administration assessment of the threat of Syria's weapons of mass destruction that was to be presented Tuesday on Capitol Hill.After the objections, the planned testimony by Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton, a leading administration hawk, was delayed until September....
U.S. officials told Knight Ridder that Bolton was prepared to tell members of a House of Representatives International Relations subcommittee that Syria's development of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons had progressed to such a point that they posed a threat to stability in the region.
The CIA and other intelligence agencies said that assessment was exaggerated....
Bolton's planned remarks caused a "revolt" among intelligence experts who thought they inflated the progress Syria has made in its weapons programs, said a U.S. official who isn't from the CIA, but was involved in the dispute.
He and other officials who provided similar accounts spoke only on the condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity and because they aren't authorized government spokesmen.
The CIA's objections and comments alone ran to 35 to 40 pages, the official said.
Now the CIA knows. They got screwed over with Iraq, and now they're going to make life difficult for the warmongers in the White House. As it should be - Lawd knows the freakin' Congress won't do it.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
Jesus Christ, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a country that doesn't have, or is in the process of developing, WMD's that pose an imminent threat to our Republic!
I really loved your comment about the Congress standing-up to the administration. You have some imagination. Ever tried your hand at writing sci-fi?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/16/2003 10:42 AM NY
