What strikes me most forcibly about the intelligence reports that have been made public in recent years is how little help they would have provided to a decision-maker. Everything is couched in “on the one hand, on the other hand” terms. Pros and cons are set forth, but what is the conclusion? In the end, the decision-maker is given little guidance. The overriding purpose of the January 2003 intelligence reports seems to be covering the CIA and the other intelligence agencies, so that, no matter what the outcome, they could say with hindsight that whatever happened was at least hinted at in their analyses.
Remind me again how much we spend on these Bozos.
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