Democrats Ask Bush for Iran Intel Update

Eugene

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Fri May-19-06 09:01 PM
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Democrats Ask Bush for Iran Intel Update

Democrats Ask Bush for Iran Intel Update

Saturday May 20, 2006 2:31 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats, saying they want to "avoid repeating mistakes made
in the run-up to the conflict in Iraq," sent President Bush a letter Friday urging him
to direct the nation's intelligence agencies to prepare an updated National Intelligence
Estimate on Iran.

"We must have objective intelligence untainted by political considerations or policy
preferences and a comprehensive debate in the Congress about the best short and long-term
approaches to resolving the international community's differences with Iran," the Democrats'
letter said.

<snip>

The Bush administration has been at the forefront in sounding a warning about Iran's nuclear
abilities and potential ambitions.

The Democrats, while wary of a repeat of the Bush administration's warnings about alleged
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, which turned out not to exist, stressed in their letter
that they, like the administration, are seriously concerned about Iran's intentions.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5833576,00.html

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Fri May-19-06 09:03 PM
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1. As if Iran doesn't know that if a nuke goes off somewhere in the

continental U.S. that it would be flattened. Seems like a pretty good deterrent to me.

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Ezlivin

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Sat May-20-06 08:25 AM
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4. Stop supporting quantum entanglement!

That's nothing but spooky action at a distance.

:)

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Sat May-20-06 06:32 PM
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7. It would appear on the surface, to be absolutely

impossible.... but then, what do us puny humans know?

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One Honest Guy

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Fri May-19-06 09:07 PM
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2. Is this before or after they voted for Iran Freedom Support Act?

Eh?

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leftchick

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Sat May-20-06 08:08 AM
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3. after

of course.

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lonestarnot

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Sat May-20-06 08:54 AM
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5. Be afraid! Be very afraid!

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mom cat

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Sat May-20-06 11:31 AM
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6. Sorry. No can do. ... The intelligence on Iran and WMD went down

the drain when Plame and Brewster Jennings were outed. Too bad their is no reliable information on Iran. Too bad that the experts who might have been able to tell us that the Iran hype is just hype are convieniently sidelined. Heck of a job Cheney.

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