Analysts Behind Iraq Intelligence Were Rewarded

[moghrabi]

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 28, 2005; Page A01

Two Army analysts whose work has been cited as part of a key intelligence failure on Iraq -- the claim that aluminum tubes sought by the Baghdad government were most likely meant for a nuclear weapons program rather than for rockets -- have received job performance awards in each of the past three years, officials said.

http://tinyurl.com/d25b5

 

[Ocean Breeze]

from article:

Despite sharp critiques from the president's commission and the Senate intelligence committee, no major reprimand or penalty has been announced publicly in connection with the intelligence failures, though investigations are still underway at the CIA. George J. Tenet resigned as CIA director but was later awarded the Medal of Freedom by Bush.

Quite incredible.

(one easy lesson in getting a medal..........and it is easy to figure out.... how sad)

 

[mps]

Is it supposed to be a reward for taking the heat? The Bush Administration can sidestep responsibility by pointing to intelligence failures from certain individuals, and then pat those same folks on the back for taking the brunt of public outcry.

I like people are awarded medals though. It reduces global politics to a t-ball championship where everyone's a winner.

 

[EagleSmack]

Iraq had so much weaponry. Rockets are so easy to obtain as well. Why would Sadaam waste his money on producing his own rockets when so many are available in the Weapons Industry? He had more than he needed.



http://www.iraqitruthproject.com/

 

[Vanni Fucci]

Related to this Mog's article: The Exposure of Valerie Plame

The story goes that Joseph Wilson onetime US ambassador to Iraq, was asked to travel to Niger to investigate leads that Iraq was attempting to purchase yellowcake uranium for use in their weapons programs. Wilson came back and reported that the leads were false, and that the documents that were presented as proof of the purchase, were forgeries. Soon after, his wife, Valerie Plame, who is an undercover CIA operative was exposed as such by an article written for the Chicago Sun-Times by Robert Novak.

The information had to have been leaked to Novak, and about six other journalists, by a senior administration official. Novak was the only journalist to print the leak, and he will not reveal his source. Exposing the identity of an undercover CIA operative is a federal offence.

This story should have been just as big as Watergate, and had much the same effect, especially after there were no WMD found in Iraq. However, this story has been little reported, and was buried quite quickly.