Democrat: intelligence on Iran inadequate (Rep. Jane Harman)

[sabra]

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/14262520.htm

Democrat: intelligence on Iran inadequate
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence information on Iran is inadequate and may contain misinformation that spy agencies are accepting as solid, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.

Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., told a Council on Foreign Relations gathering that she and other lawmakers recently received a briefing from intelligence agencies based on information shared with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.N. Security Council.

Her bottom line: "I remain skeptical - lots of unanswered questions."

"The conjecture that I have is that if I were Iran, and I wanted to put out disinformation, it might look a lot like what our government is claiming is information," she said. "I can't tell you that's true, but I can't tell you it's not true."

Harman didn't provide details on the classified session.

[IndyOp]

1. Rec'd --

We must push the Dems to land where Rep Harman has landed, they must pre-prepare their response - start stopping the Iran invasion NOW, NOW, NOW !!

[LSparkle]

2. Harman has credibility and her words carry weight

Even with the Repugs -- she's not seen as a lightning rod or an extremist, but knows her stuff when it comes to intel (akin in Jack Murtha's standing on defense).

[AX10]

3. I hope this stops a rushed strike on Iran, or at least helps to stop it.

[Zorra]

4. Under Negroponte, are our newly centralized intell agencies

now just one giant OSP, which is under orders to tell Bu*h exactly what he wants to tell them, regardless of how ludicrous the information is?

[Zorra]

5. Under Negroponte, are our newly centralized intell agencies

now just one giant OSP, which is under orders to tell Bu*h exactly what he wants to tell them, regardless of how ludicrous the information is?

[Peace Patriot]

6. Well, if we hadn't destroyed Iranian democracy in 1953, and inflicted the

Iranian people with 25 years of torture and terror under our handpicked "Shah"...

WE. MIGHT. HAVE. BETTER. INTELLIGENCE. ABOUT. IRAN.