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If you remember, the US intelligence community was hardly convinced that WMDs existed in Iraq. This was one of the most contentious things about the lead-up to
by mwfunk 10y ago
If you remember, the US intelligence community was hardly convinced that WMDs existed in Iraq. This was one of the most contentious things about the lead-up to the war. Many high-ranking officials lost their jobs because their organizations were not producing intelligence that confirmed the "Saddam has WMDs" narrative for the administration. Cheney essentially set up his own small intelligence organization that was distinct from the CIA, DIA, etc. in order to scrounge up smoking guns that the administration thought the rest of the US intelligence community was failing to locate.
- 13years 10y agoIt might not be that different this time. Hard to tell yet. In that the administration attempts to present this as one unified voice. We have only a very general statement that does not say anything is actually 'confirmed'. It is speculative, so you could say the intelligence isn't convinced this time either. However, politicians are already spinning it for their agenda. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/215-press-releases-2016/1423-joint-dhs-odni-election-security-statement https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/215-pr...