[Osx-nutters] NIE report:

[Kevin Callahan]

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Ned Lamont writes a letter to Lieberman about the NIE report
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Dear Senator Lieberman:

As I am sure you have seen, the New York Times today reported that  
the National Intelligence Estimate in April concludes ?that the  
American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new  
generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist  
threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.? The NIE represents the  
consensus view of the U.S. government?s 16 major intelligence  
agencies. The Times notes that the Iraq War is a major ?reason for  
the diffusion of jihad ideology? and cites one intelligence official  
acknowledging that the NIE ?says that the Iraq war has made the  
overall terrorism problem worse.? Let me put this news in terms that  
you can clearly understand: Our own intelligence agencies now confirm  
that the Iraq War is undermining America?s security and credibility  
at our nation?s peril.

With this report being released on the eve of your major address on  
Iraq, I and thousands of other citizens in Connecticut expect to hear  
your response to this news in your speech, considering you have  
echoed President Bush?s claim that the Iraq War has made our country  
safer, and that staying the course will help keep us safe. As the NIE  
now shows, that is absolutely not the case ? in fact, the Iraq War  
has and continues to unnecessarily endanger U.S. national security.  
Never again can a political leader claim otherwise, lest they  
deliberately ignore the concrete facts presented to us by our  
intelligence agencies?.read on

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