From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Killer Bs Discussion) Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:49:28 -0400
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> QUESTION 1) The British inform us that they have learned that Iraq has
> recently tried to acquire significant quantities of intelligence in Africa.
>
> The Bush Administration naturally tries to verify this claim, but cannot
> do so. They tell the British that we can't verify their claim. The
> British respond that they cannot reveal their intelligence sources on this,
> but they assure us that the intelligence is of the highest quality.
>
> At this point, do you;
> a) Call the British liars since our intelligece services have such strong
> reservations about it?
> b) Call the British incompetent for giving us intelligence that our own
> intelligence services has not verified, and indeed has strong doubts about?
> c) Ignore the British intelligence as questionable?
> d) Accept that the British intelligence services may have access to sources
> our own do not, particularly in Africa, and that the British intelligence
> services are generally considered among the best and most reliable in the
> world, and BELIEVE the British intelligence report?
>
> Your choice. What do you do?
>
> I look forward to your, Nick's, and Ritu's answers to this question.
>
> YOU LEAVE OUT OF THE STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE. YOU DO NOT USE IT TO TRY TO CONVINCE AMERICANS THAT WE MUST GO TO WAR UNTIL YOU CAN AT LEAST CONVINCE YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT THE STATEMENT IS TRUE
Um. "C" In other words.
:-)
No need to shout, Doc. :)
Jon
Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com
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