This nonsense absolves Blair & Co. Political pressure shapes intel reports, they're not virgin oracles. #Chilcothttps://twitter.com/AJENews/status/750641731796860931 …
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Far too easy to blame "flawed intel" for Iraq invasion, other calamities; unduly absolves pols & media who shaped & spun the intel.
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CIA vet Paul Pillar studied 12 US natsec crises: in every case it was intel that got politicized, not policy made intelligent.
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In foreign policy, intelligence reports don't have much agency or power–but do make a good scapegoat.
#Chilcot http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/books/review/intelligence-and-us-foreign-policy-by-paul-r-pillar-book-review.html?_r=0 …
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