Breaking: Bush to declassify parts of key intel report

[truthpusher]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12913317/

Bush to declassify parts of key intel report
President denies Iraq war has worsened terrorism
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services

Updated: 10:13 a.m. MT Sept 26, 2006

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday announced that he will declassify parts of the National Intelligence Estimate, which reportedly concluded that the war with Iraq has worsened terrorism.

“Some people have guessed what’s in the report and concluded that going in to Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree,” Bush said, referring to a New York Times report over the weekend that described what it said were conclusions from the classified analysis made last April.

The key judgments from the analysis will be released “as quickly as possible,” he added.

The announcement came at a press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai after the two met for private talks at the White House.

Bush asserted that portions of the classified report that had been leaked were done so for political purposes, referring to the Nov. 7 midterm elections.

(snip)

Using a portion of the report to attack his Iraq policy and suggest it has fanned more terrorism is “naive,” Bush said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12913317/

[SpiralHawk]

1. The advantageous propaganda parts, that is

So if you really want The Truth, then shut up and sit down.

[NJmaverick]

2. Yeah another selective declassification

to once again mislead the public.

[april]

3. more B S

[tanyev]

34. How quickly they can declassify--when they want to.

[NJmaverick]

39. more like what they want to

they completely distorted the document to try and save their wretched hides.

[VegasWolf]

4. Does anyone seriously believe that falsely attacking has made us safer???

[ECH1969]

5. This could have all been a Rovian plot

He leaks part of the NIE and then after the media focuses on it he declassifies the NIE which makes it look like the leakers and the media distorted the report.

[maddezmom]

6. how much with be blacked out with a Sharpie?

I'm glad it's going to be declassified, but I wonder if the public will be given the full picture?

[savemefromdumbya]

7. by just looking at the events in Iraq....you don't even need to read it

any fool can see?

[Demeter]

8. BushBots Aren't Just Any Fools

They are Grade AAA, weaponized, megafools. And their C in C is the King of them all.

[kurth]

9. How can you classify the OBVIOUS?

What an asshole.

[savemefromdumbya]

17. Iraq - attracting terrorists like flies to flypaper

[grytpype]

10. "Parts."

Yeah, I figgered.

It'll probably be the part on how many "terrorists" we killed in Iraq.

Notice though how the Repugs are not demanding to know who leaked the report? I find that interesting. I'm not saying the Repugs did it, far from it. But it's interesting that there's no call for the leaker's blood as the Repugs have often done in the past.

[KittyWampus]

11. "Key"= Massaged and truncated sections to make him look good.

[underpants]

12. Side note-W looks like hell today

If he isn't drinking he might want to think about taking it back up because he sure looks like he is half in the bag today.

I saw this news flash while I was getting my lunch. His eyes looked like they were swimming.

[AndyA]

13. It takes a lot of drugs to get that old wheezebag up and running.

Years of alcoholism and drug addiction have pickled Bush. It's getting harder and harder for the doctors and makeup people to cover it up. Bush looks like HELL, and it's getting worse every day.

[Jacobin]

15. Maybe we should all send him a bottle of Jim Beam

Ya know, as a sign of respect, an' all.

[bluestateguy]

14. I like how HE gets to declassify or classify anything he wants to

Who does he think he is?

[jseankil]

16. The President is declassifying a report for political purposes? WTF?!

I'm baffled. No I'm not, this is classic team Bush.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. If the Frat Boy is going to declassify it, he should decalssify all of it

Bush is untrustworthy. From his past behavior, we have good reason to think that any declassification will be on political grounds; he'll decalssify what he wants us to know and keep classified anything that either embarrasses him or undermines a case for war against Iran.

If that's what he's going to do, I would prefer that he just keep the whole damned thing in the dark.

[phrenzy]

19. An Excerpt From His Declassified Document

xxxx xxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxx SADDAM xx xxxxx xx x IS xxxx xx xx RESPONSIBLE xxx xx
xxx xxxxx FOR xxx xxx xxxx xx 9/11. xxx xxxx xx TERRORxxx xx xxx HAS xxxx xxx
xxxx BEEN xx xxxxx xx ELIMINATED xxxxx xxx FROM xxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx
AROUND THE WORLD xxx xxxx xxx UNITED STATES IS xxxx xx xxxx xx xxxxx xxxx SAFER.

[Canuckistanian]

20. LOL!

:rofl:
That's probably not far off the mark....

[rodeodance]

32. te he . great one.

[madmusic]

33. ! Excellent!

[Renew Deal]

38. But not yet safe.

Whatever the hell that means. :shrug:

[andlor]

21. The partial truth is biggest lie!

[Vinca]

22. The key word here is "parts" -

as in the "parts" that are favorable to his cause when taken out of context.

[54anickel]

23. Getting pretty defensive today....

Bush counterattacks on Iraq-terrorism link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060926/pl_afp/usattacksbush_060926173012;_ylt=Ath72o8ReuvY8KiG.gYliDCMwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush charged that it was "naive" and "a mistake" to think that the Iraq war fueled global terrorism, rejecting the reported conclusions of US spy agencies.
"My judgment is, if we weren't in Iraq, they'd find some other excuse," he said during a joint public appearance with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai after talks at the White House.

snip>

"Once again there's a leak out of our government, coming right down the stretch in this campaign in order to create confusion in the minds of the American people," he fumed, referring to November legislative elections.

snip>

"It will stop all the speculation, all the politics about somebody saying something about Iraq; you know, somebody trying to confuse the American people about the nature of this enemy," said the president.

Bush confirmed that the NIE was finished last April and told reporters that the evidence-gathering process had ended in late February and said the timing of the news reports showed the leak was linked to the election.

"Isn't that interesting? Somebody's taken it upon themselves to leak classified information for political purposes," said the US president.

more....refuses to comment on Bill Clinton's criticism

[Solly Mack]

24. So Bush claims parts were leaked to advance a certain view

and now he plans to "declassify" parts that counter that view and promote his.

LMAO

Dance, America, dance!

[DireStrike]

25. These "parts"

"The... Bush Administration... fight terror... good..."

[KansDem]

26. Will he leave out the commas? (nt)

[Parche]

27. Part of declassified document/ some parts are blacked out

ITS****************
*******************
*******************
CLINTONS***********
*******************
*******************
*******************
********FAULT******

Signed
GW Bush

Acting President of the United States

[mvd]

29. That's clever

And not far off from what I expect.

OR it could be this:

****Saddam*****
**Terror*******
**********9/11*
*Safer*********

Of course blacking out the part that safer describes - before the Iraq War.

[MaineDem]

28. Not good enough

If it's not the entire document it's meaningless.

[Ian David]

30. I predict that Bush will engage in some major cherry-picking. n/t

[spinbaby]

31. The news stories make it sound like he's releasing the whole thing

Here, for instance:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/pl_nm/security_bush_dc;_ylt=AgniBSMl2OWpOYB0m0.zZGkDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDJjOXUyBHNlYwNtdm5ld3M-

[AIJ Alom]

35. State of terror document declassified.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/26/nie.iraq/index.html

The key conclusions of a document assessing the state of global terrorism was declassified Tuesday. One assessment is the war in Iraq is shaping a new generation of terror leaders. Bush suggested parts of the report were originally leaked for political purposes, and that media accounts of the leak were meant to confuse Americans.

"It will stop all the speculation, all the politics about somebody saying something about Iraq; you know, somebody trying to confuse the American people about the nature of this enemy," Bush said.

"The best way to protect America is to defeat these killers overseas so we do not have to face them here at home," Bush said. "We're not going to let lies and propaganda by the enemy dictate how we win this war."



Confusing the American people with the truth harms the very essence of the President's lies. Protest and you become an enemy of the state.

[Renew Deal]

36. So the CIA is the enemy?

I know they already declared the American people the enemy. Now they are looking at themselves.

[MattP]

37. Only three of thirty

It was only 3 pages of a 30 page report so whatever, I saw on CNN somebody leaked the three pages on a blog yesterday so thats probably why they released them anyways.