Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Can I Get Some Bullet Points on That?

Six.

That is the number of U. S. Senators who bothered to read the entire text of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq (NIE) delivered to Congress and kept in a secure location, ten days before the vote to authorize war. It seems the rest of the Senate relied on the summary of the NIE which, according to Senator Lindsay Graham, was more one sided and less nuanced than the NIE itself and did not contain important caveats and warnings.

Not a great time to rely on the Cliff Notes boys and girls. Before we go and wreak mayhem, might be a good idea to read the whole report.

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