[LibFreeOrDie]

But the CIA said McGovern doesn't have any authority to speak of the quality of intelligence policy-makers are reviewing. "He left the agency over a decade ago," spokesman Mark Mansfield said. "He's hardly in a position to comment knowledgeably on that subject."

That pretty much destroys his credibility!

[Howlin]

You think?

For a much more recent example, check out #12.

[coconutt2000]

Also note that McGovern left the agency before Clinton's Administration altered the CIA, which resulted in the poor quality of intelligence on which a lot of quick, very important decisions had to be made in a very short amount of time.

[petitfour]

Or it could mean he valued his life a little more than the Clinton administration would. Anyone who got out when Bubba took office was smart. This reinforces my theory that the intel from the 1990s was cooked to support Bubba's policies and any wag-the-dog scenario that he may have needed at any given time. In other words, Saddam's weapons were being systematically destroyed by the Scott Ritters of the UN. Those in the know maintained the WMD stuff because that is what they were instructed to do. When President Bush came to office, all the intel had said for a decade that Saddam had WMD and that he was not complying with the weapons' inspectors. President Bush decides to end Saddam's game, and these intel types start screaming that Saddam has complied. Why didn't they just say that they had been lying for ten years? Then just as quickly, Scott Ritter is silenced because he's a pervert. It occurred to me at one time that maybe the current admin would want to silence him. However, as time has passed, I am more and more convinced that it is the corrupt former administration and Oil for Food types that had the most incentive to silence Scott Ritter.

Regardless, we went to war in Iraq, and it was the right thing to do. May the truth continue to be uncovered.