Intelligence Gathering

The NIE Iran Report and Alan Dershowitz

Gary Hart | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Gary Hart

By collecting new intelligence and placing it under more intense scrutiny, our intelligence experts suddenly become incompetents and "nincompoops" pursuing, according to Prof. Dershowitz, some nefarious agenda of their own.

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Bush is a Liar, But "Intelligence" is an Illusion

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

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Benjamin R. Barber

There is a problem with intelligence itself. It's always incomplete and biased; not just by those who use it for devious political purposes, but by those who collect, analyze and interpret it.

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Spy Gamesmanship

Bob Franken | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

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Bob Franken

There is only one conclusion to draw: Iran is probably just days away from testing its own fully developed nuke.

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Stopping the Blank Check on Warrantless Spying

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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Rep. Rush Holt

When officials must establish before a court that they have reason to intercept communications, we get better intelligence than through indiscriminate collection and fishing expeditions.

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Heckuva Job, Intelligence Community

John McQuaid | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

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John McQuaid

Today's Washington Post adds one more to the long list of Bush administration screwups, this one all the worse because it goes to the heart of our efforts to monitor al Qaeda and bin Laden.

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