intellinegligence

A new Salon article has more about the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), about whom I inquired earlier. The article claims they are made up of over 30 retired intelligence analysts, some highly decorated, from both the military and civilian sectors.

Read the article here.

Another interesting tidbit is the assertion by CIA director George Tenet that he was urged by the White House to include the questionable intelligence on a potential purchase of Nigerian uranium by Iraq. From the article: "On Thursday MSNBC quoted an anonymous source saying that Tenet "reluctantly" fingered National Security Council member Robert Joseph during the hearing. "