Wednesday, December 5, 2007

John Bolton, Fred Thompson and John McCain on the NIE

Writing in Thursday's Washington Post, John Bolton explains why you shouldn't take the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) at face value. Fred Thompson and John McCain take note that the beneficiaries of the NIE are Democratic presidential candidates, and, Iran.

More: Hot Air has video from John Bolton's appearance on the Bill O'Reilly show. JunkYardBlog points out the obvious: the NIE authors are partisans. Ace of Spades: "Earlier this year one of the NIE authors testified Iran was pursuing a nuclear program." Captain's Quarters asks, "When did Fingar change his mind?" Gateway Pundit has more info on the NIE authors.