June 01, 2003

Alarms

In case you didn't click that WMD timeline link mentioned below, TomPaine.com has it listed in full, along with a letter from current and former CIA analysts requesting that the President immediately form a commission to look into possible misuse of the intelligence data presented to Congress to gain a vote for war in Iraq. I don't know if such a letter is unprecedented, but I can't remember anything quite like it from such a source.

Regarding the events described below, Kristof writes about the atmosphere inside the intelligence agencies which prompted that letter, while Krugman brings up the "Wag the Dog" script, last seen when Clinton took military action (might even have been against OBL); of course, then it was the Republicans in Congress who brought it up, but all's fair, huh?

Posted by Linkmeister at June 1, 2003 10:59 AM
Comments