Tuesday, September 26, 2006

The declassified NIE report

The National Intelligence Estimate that was declassified today is an interesting read. One thing is clear. The New York Times was being "fake but accurate" with the article that started this all. Not fake but accurate in the sense of Rathergate, but fake but accurate in the sense that I could claim that the this NIE blames terrorism on the internet based off of this small statement:

We judge that groups of all stripes will increasingly use the Internet to communicate, propagandize, recruit, train and obtain logistical and financial support.

The New York Times was either used to push an agenda at the CIA or they are just as guilty as the leaker in cherry picking information to say what they want to say. If the former, their only alternative is identify the leaker that burned them.


Update
This editorial makes it pretty clear that the New York Times wasn't used by the leaker in this story. They were and are an active participant in the cherry picking.

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