Friday, December 07, 2007

CIA analysts willing to ‘go to jail’ to ensure NIE’s release.

Thinkprogress:

Retired Col. W. Patrick Lang, a former official in the Defense Intelligence Agency, reveals that senior CIA analysts pushed for the NIE’s key judgments on Iran to be released, threatening to speak to the media if they weren’t:

The “jungle telegraph” in Washington is booming with news of the Iran NIE. I am told that the reason the conclusions of the NIE were released is that it was communicated to the White House that “intelligence career seniors were lined up to go to jail if necessary” if the document’s gist were not given to the public.

Translation? Someone in that group would have gone to the media “on the record” to disclose its contents.

3 comments:

airJackie said...

Someone cares about America even if it means going to jail just to tell the truth. Now look how that busted the lies that were being spread by the White House.

PrissyPatriot said...

True American heroes!! I salute their integrity and love of country.

KittyBowTie1 said...

This is even better than the Saudis making the Gerbil do it.