Thomas Fingar on the Politics of NIE/NIAs

By: emptywheel Sunday November 8, 2009 6:52 am

Thomas Fingar gives some background on the 2002 Iraq NIE, the 2007 Climate Change NIA, and the 2007 Iran NIE.

John Bolton and the IC’s New Sourcing Rules

By: emptywheel Wednesday December 5, 2007 1:44 pm

John Bolton says the NIE is wrong because it was written by those at State who tried to correct his delusions about Iraq. But it seems they’ve brought some sound sourcing requirements that were precisely the kind of thing Bolton tried to avoid when he drummed up the war in Iraq.

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