Leaked intelligence report rocks Bush election stance

[Judi Lynn]

Leaked intelligence report rocks Bush election stance
(AFP)

24 September 2006

NEW YORK - US spy agencies dropped a political bombshell six weeks before national elections, with the leak Sunday of a classified report concluding that the war in Iraq has spawned a new wave of Islamic radicalism and increased the global threat of terrorism.

The intelligence document rocked a central pillar of the Republican Party’s campaign platform ahead of November elections: that the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the ouster of Saddam Hussein made America safer, not weaker.

With opinion polls showing President George W. Bush’s party possibly losing control of both houses of Congress in the the mid-term polls, in large part due to unhappiness over the war in Iraq, the report stating categorically the opposite will make for painful reading at the White House.

Bush has argued repeatedly in pre-election speeches that Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism and that demands for a US troop withdrawal from the country by the opposition Democrats underscores why the center-left party should not be trusted with the nation’s security.
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[tularetom]

1. I know we've all said this before but if the Dems can't use this

to their advantage, they don't deserve to be in the majority. No, I don't really mean that but can you imagine the outcry if the situation were reversed?

[NVMojo]

2. if they don't use it, they were part of the collective ignorance ...

thus part of the crime.

[William769]

5. Here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2210815

[MissWaverly]

3. Did you see Frist on ABC This Week

This report was released in April but Frist did not read it because it was "classified" so
although he is the Majority Leader in the Senate he was not given access to the report.
Repeat after me, Congressional oversight cannot be maintained when "classified" status prevents congress from reviewing nuts and bolts reports it needs to do its job.

[stevedeshazer]

6. McCain gave the same BS argument with Schieffer on Face the Nation

You make a really good point in that when major Congressional leaders say, as Frist and McCain said, that they are not "privy" to classified materials, then there is no oversight by Congress despite what the Constitution mandates.

[MissWaverly]

18. yes, and what is the purpose of "classified"

It meant nothing when it came to Valerie Plame's covert status, they called up the reporters
on that one.

[Straight Shooter]

20. Yup. They're trying to have their terror cake and eat it, too. n/t

[lyonn]

14. It's CYA time for the repubs., hear no evil, see no evil

Exactly, no Congressional oversight. We have us a King! As they say, he stamps Everything Secret. Helps keep you from being prosecuted.

[fasttense]

4. Oh I get it now, the bushes were attempting to create more

terrorists because it helps their power grab. They were NOT fighting the terrorists but actually aiding and abiding them. I see said the blind man to the deaf dog.

[havocmom]

7. More terrorists = more profits

and bush/cheney are ALL about the profits. Lives mean squat to them.

[juajen]

8. I believe you meant "aiding and abetting" ?

N/T

[Joanne98]

9. MIHOP

[Karenina]

10. Abiding and abetting

Works for me!!! :toast:

[rodeodance]

11. I would love to see this headline in US papers.

[rodeodance]

12. did this hit the SUNDAY talk show?

[Tiggeroshii]

13. They simply won't speak about it again...

IF they know what's good for them, and the Repugs can start saying the same things again unchallenged./

[w4rma]

15. It doesnt require a "classified" intellegence report to figure this out.nt

[samsingh]

16. this should be played over and over again

[peacetalksforall]

17. The problem is that it will take six months for the reality of this

information to pass through the walls surrounding their loyal voters. With the help of the corporate propaganda networks, this information might die within 36 hours and will never be referred to by the reverends and the reverends' helpers - Limbaugh, North, Liddy, Hannity, O'Reilly, Charon, Kristol, Bennett, etc.

It's up to us to spread it.

[MagickMuffin]

19. Link isn't working

I got an error when I tried to link to article.