Greg Thielmann, who held a high post in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, one of four critics at a session held by the private Arms Control Association, said the Bush administration had formed a ``faith-based'' policy on Iraq and took the approach that ``we know the answers; give us the intelligence to support those answers.''
But then, "faith-based" we knew already.
Thielmann said the administration had distorted intelligence to fit its policy purposes. He said Iraq had no active nuclear weapons program and that while Tenet told Congress Iraq had Scud missiles, the intelligence finding actually was that the missiles could not be accounted for.
Gosh! Good thing this information made it into the State of the Union speech! Oh, wait...
And by the way, it looks like the troops are going to be there for two to four years. "Mission accomplished," my Aunt Fanny.