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Intelligence Lessons From Vietnam and Iraq

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. January 27, 2008.

How can our president speak so glibly about 10 more years in Iraq? Doesn't he know anything about Vietnam?

Will Bush Provoke Iran?

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 27, 2007.

No amount of intelligence is likely to get Bush to back off.

Olbermann's Special Comment on Iran NIE: "Bush, Pathological Liar or Idiot-in-Chief?" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. December 7, 2007.

There are few choices more terrifying than the one Mr. Bush has left us with tonight.

Bush White House Tries to Redefine "Truthful"

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. December 6, 2007.

Steve Benen: By Ken Starr's '98 standards, if a president is caught lying in response to a reporter's question. That's impeachable. Just sayin'.

Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse?

Russ Wellen, Scholars and Rogues. December 6, 2007.

Russ Wellen: "Rather than adjusting policy on Iran in accordance to the reality-check provided by the NIE, the President moved the goal post on Iran."

White House Reveals Bush Lied: Was Told in August Iran’s Nuclear Program "May Be Suspended"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. December 6, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: Bush now says he continued to warn of "World War III" and a "nuclear holocaust" because nobody told him to stop.

Joe Scarborough Rips Bush on Iran NIE: He’s Either "Lying" or "Stupid" [VIDEO]

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. December 5, 2007.

On the same program conservatives Scarborough and Pat Buchanan called for congressional subpoenas of Bush's advisors, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to determine when they knew about the latest NIE report.

Huckabee Clueless on Iran NIE: "No, Never Heard of It"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. December 5, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: The National Review suggests Huckabee's inability to afford "teams of advisers" and develop "carefully-thought-out policy positions" are to blame.

Seymour Hersh: Bush Told Olmert of NIE Two Days Before He Was Allegedly First Briefed on It [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. December 4, 2007.

The New Yorker journalist's revelation provides evidence that the Bush administration is misleading about when it first learned that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program.

Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in '03, Unlikely to Develop a Weapon This Decade

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. December 3, 2007.

Amanda Terkel: This National Intelligence Estimate was reportedly completed a year ago but was blocked by the White House.