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Yet that fact is not what the New York Times wants to tell you. They prefer you to believe that the big story is about, "retaliation." So who is Larry Hanauer? Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESPRESS RELEASE H-405 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC 20515 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAVID BUCKLEY APRIL 4, 2005 202-225-7690 HARMAN ANNOUNCES MINORITY STAFF HIRES AT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE- Larry Hanauer comes from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he consulted on a range of intelligence issues for CIA, DIA, NGA and DHS. Previously, Hanauer spent eight years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense,...

Today, press reports indicate that it is Larry Hanauer, Rep. Jane Harman’s staffer, that Chairman Hoekstra has barred from seeing classified materials because he is suspected of having leaked the classified National Intelligence Estimate to the New York Times, in order to affect the election. This story is only beginning, and a fascinating backstory remains to be told about the Democrats in the House.

Has Rep. Jane Harmen, a member of the House Intelligence Committee been divulging information to the MSM? Yesterday we learned that an unnamed democratic staffer had been suspended by House Intel Committee Chairman, Rep. Pete Hoekstra for possibly leaking a National Intelligence Estimate to the Ny Times. Of course the first to complain was in fact Jane Harman, who just happens to have been the one who pushed for it’s release from John Negreponte, and is even now pushing for a second NIE. The fact is that the staffer had been asked by someone, most likely Harmen to request the...

During this past week, politicians and commentators from across the political spectrum have been weighing in on the now-declassified “Key Judgments” of that leaked National Intelligence Estimate about the Iraq war and its impact on terrorism. As usual, it’s turned into a partisan brawl. Those on the left assert that the NIE supports their contention that the Iraq war has made the terrorist threat worse, while those on the right insist that the NIE supports the President’s assertion that the Iraq war will reduce the terrorist threat. Unfortunately, everyone is having so much fun scoring political points that they’ve all...

Some sentences in the Key Judgments contradict themselves, and some are trite (“We judge that groups of all stripes will continue to use the Internet…..”). Others are classic examples of the “on the one hand, on the other hand” syndrome. And still others are simply unintelligible – they are neither right nor wrong, but written in a way to make them subject to whatever interpretation the reader wishes to make. No issue is more important to our country’s security than the future of terrorism, and nothing could be more helpful to the President than a clear and accurate projection of...

War opponents are cheerfully heralding the National Intelligence Council’s national intelligence estimate that portrays our war in Iraq as the catalyst for increasing terrorist volunteers. Completed in April but recently cited in The New York Times, the NIE reportedly assesses that we’re creating more terrorists by fighting them. Apparently, the alternative strategy is hoping that the enemy will surrender to the relentless blows of our acquiescence.

What if the CIA leakers were tasked by bin Laden to analyze the US reponse to the 9/11 attacks. From bin Laden's top intel people, January 2001 Al Qaeda NIE: "The 9/11 attacks will become the 'cause celebre' for Americans, breeding a deep resentment of radical muslim involvement in the Western world and cultivating supporters for the global democracy movement. Should Americans responding to the 9/11 attacks perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight. We assess that the underlying factors fueling the spread of the movement outweigh...

In President Bush´s Radio Address Saturday morning, the President of the United States defended declassifying the key judgments of the NIE. However, his opponents want to declassify the entire NIE. Here is the radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I want to talk to you about a matter of national security that has been in the news -- the National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism. The NIE is a classified document that analyzes the threat we face from terrorists and extremists. Parts of this classified document were recently leaked to the press. That has created a heated debate in our...

Clearly, some of those whom we have entrusted with our most sensitive national security secrets can not be trusted with secrets. Somebody working from inside our most trusted intelligence agencies, using hand-chosen pieces of those secrets to wage a personal political war against their political opponents, is providing aid and comfort to America’s enemies in that process. Not long ago, this was a traitorous act of treason. Today, those who seek to capitalize politically on these leaks, call it patriotic dissent. The question is – what do American voters call it?

Preview and analysis for Weekend Talk Shows, 9-30 and 10-1-06 It's week four (or 297, depending on how you figure it) of the WOB (war on Bush) and all things "Republi-fascist," as the drive by media might style what they're doing.  We've had a week of spin like we haven't seen since... well, since Clinton was in office.  All the old hateful and hate filled faces were back on the screaming head shows pulling their electrically powered rapid fire mouths back out of storage and plugging them in for one more go around of lies, screaming lies and videotape.  And...

We’ve all waited 4 years to see a good report on what happened to Saddam’s WMD and September 8, 2006 the last investigative report was released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The only problem is…I searched the entire 400 pages of this “Phase II report” (or rather both reports that make up the Phase II report) and I couldn’t find those two words: “Bush lied.” I can’t even find, “Bush mislead” in those 400 pages. What I did find was 400 pages of evidence showing that the intelligence community used small amounts of weak intelligence from a decrepit...

(Michael Tremoglie is the author of the novel, "A Sense Of Duty",contact him at elfegobaca@comcast.net) The Grand Inquisitors of the Democratic Party are once again accusing the Bush administration of "misleading" Americans (read "Bush lied"). As was the case with their previous, similarly unsubstantiated claims, this too will be disproved. The latest McCarthy-like allegation derives from The New York Times publication of, essentially, one sentence of an April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with the headline, "Spy agencies say Iraq War worsens terrorism threat." Following The New York Times great Jayson Blair/ Walter Duranty tradition of bogus journalism, the article...

Reports in the Sunday editions of the New York Times and Washington Post that an April National Intelligence Estimate concluded that the Iraq War has increased the danger to the United States from terrorists created a media feeding frenzy. Critics of the war said "I told you so" while supporters questioned the motives of the leakers and the reporters alike. Under pressure, the White House declassified and released the "Key Judgments" portion of the NIE Tuesday night. Not surprisingly, the real picture was substantially more complicated and, frankly, not all that different from what informed readers already knew. The opening...

The New York Times has again selectively leaked sensitive national security information, this time cherry picking an April National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report to support the left's template that our attack on Iraq has spawned more terrorism. In response, President Bush declassified other portions of the report to complete the picture. If anything, on balance the report emphasizes how critical Iraq is to our ultimate victory in the war on terror. But how dare Bush defend himself? Caught crying wolf again, Democrats have pulled a familiar trick out of their playbooks. They are demanding Bush declassify the entire document, knowing...

Benedict Arnold was a war hero whose courageous actions at the Battle of Saratoga helped turn the tide for the colonists in the American Revolution, so it is not fair to him to compare him to the sniveling nest of traitors now endangering our national security in the name of cheap partisan politics. They are not Benedict Arnolds - they are in a class all by themselves – political and journalistic hacks willing to do anything to win an election and oust an administration they loathe even if by so doing they endanger the safety of their fellow Americans. Time...

It is impossible to know with any precision whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they've killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. In his first extensive remarks about a recent U.S. intelligence report saying the threat of terrorism has risen, Rumsfeld told reporters at a NATO meeting that, in general, the value of intelligence reports can be uneven, and "sometimes it's just flat wrong." But he added that, "the implication that if you stop killing or capturing people who are trying to kill you, then therefore the world would be a better place,...

There are documents circulated in the halls of the Government of the United States periodically that contain the digested and semi-digested bits of “national level” intelligence decision makers need. These are sometimes called “National Intelligence Estimates” or NIE. They are often highly classified. Sometimes they are released to reporters or others in an unauthorized way. This is called a “leak.” Rarely does the “leaker” want to hurt his nation (though he or she could, unknowingly or intentionally). Often the leaker is trying to support a political position, policy or party. The subject of most of this week’s discussions is an...

This is my line in the sand. This is where I have decided that I will no longer allow lies about the war in Iraq, the global war on terror, or the decay of America's intelligence services. I will make my stand here, now, on this issue. No more will their lies go unchecked. The Senate Phase II report has been marketed as some sort of evidence that Al Queda and Iraq are not related. They are. I examined the report, stomached it's political lies (lies it admits to having within its own text!), and I have taken my action....

Comment from the intelligence community on the routine betrayal of our country - Monday, September 25, 2006 9:25 PM Comment submitted in regards to blog entry: Routine betrayal of our country`s secrets: the new CIA report--------------------------------------- Mr. Horowitz: I`ve been a member of the Intelligence Community (IC) for just under 30 years. I too noticed the fact that individuals from the IC put their personal political views before the oath they took when the were hired. From 1993 through 2001, there were issues I was aware of that might have been embarrassing had they come to light. I did not...

  That most wonderful time of the year has arrived. Oh, the joy of election season!  Overpriced, overcooked fundraising dinners; tasteless posters and bumper stickers; sophomoric TV attacks, excruciating debates and, oh yeah – politically motivated leaks to the press.  This season’s opening unlawful disclosure – cherry picked classified information from last April’s National Intelligence Estimate.  And the bearer of these illicit tidings was, once again, that usual suspect and best friend to all causes liberal—the New York Times.    The Old Grey Lady takes a Leak and Runs with it!Left leaning kooks nationwide were absolutely delighted when a September 23rd...

Who is Paul Pillar? By Michelle Malkin   ·   September 27, 2006 11:14 AM Drip, drip, drip? In its original report leaking details of the National Intelligence Estimate on the Iraq war, the New York Times relied on anonymous, unnamed leakers to spin its contents and embarrass the White House. Today, the Times includes comments from some named sources. Pay attention to this one: What was most remarkable about the intelligence estimate, several experts said, was the unremarkable nature of its conclusions. “At one level it is unsurprising stuff,’’ said Paul Pillar, who was the national intelligence officer for the...

National Intelligence Estimates are bland documents that represent the lowest-common-denominator judgment of more than a dozen intelligence agencies. We doubt they're very useful for policy makers, and they certainly aren't suitable for use as political cudgels in a national election... True, the NIE says post-Saddam Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for jihadists. But that's merely stating the obvious. Any U.S. intervention in the Mideast was going to provoke an extremist response. The more important statement in that same bullet point is: "Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be...

THOUGH IT undermined some of his rhetoric, President Bush was right to declassify and release the intelligence community's most recent estimate of global terrorism. The three-page summary of "key judgments," originally delivered to the White House in April, provides a clear, reasoned and sobering account of the state of the Islamic extremist threat five years after Sept. 11, 2001. Its release ought to deepen rather than inflame the debate in Washington -- if only because the assessment is far superior to that being retailed to the country by the president or by most Democrats. The bad news in the report...

We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives; perceived jihadist success there would inspire more fighters to continue the struggle elsewhere. • The Iraq conflict has become the “cause celebre” for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement. Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight. We assess that the underlying factors fueling the spread of the movement outweigh its vulnerabilities and are...

Author's note: Michelle Malkin pointed out the link to this post on Stop the New York Times.org on her blog todayThe declassified key finding of the NIE and the editors at the New York Times agree: we must stay in Iraq. "The current situation will get worse if American forces leave [Iraq]." – the editors of the NY Times, 9/27/06, in their editorial The Fine Art of Declassification "Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves, and be perceived, to have failed, we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight." – Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence...

YOU WOULD think that a consensus report from all 16 U.S. intelligence services concluding that he has blown the "war on terror" would be a really big deal to the president. But that assumes that George W. Bush values intelligence. Clearly, he does not. So the news that a 2006 National Intelligence Estimate concludes the threat of terror against the United States has increased since 9/11, largely thanks to his irrational invasion of Iraq, has not disturbed Bush's branded "what, me worry'' countenance. Instead, predictably, the administration's response to the leaked conclusions of the shared assessments of both civilian and...

WASHINGTON - The White House refused Wednesday to release in full a previously secret intelligence assessment that depicts a growing terrorist threat and has fueled the election-season fight over the Iraq war. Press secretary Tony Snow said releasing the full report, portions of which President Bush declassified on Tuesday, would jeopardize the lives of agents who gathered the information. It would also risk the nation's ability to work with foreign governments and to keep secret its U.S. intelligence-gathering methods, Snow said, and "compromise the independence of people doing intelligence analysis." "If they think their work is constantly going to be...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As political debate churned over an intelligence report released Tuesday, a top Democrat called for the release of a second, new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq that she says "paints a grim picture." The White House denied a charge by Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, that another intelligence report is being kept in draft form so that its contents won't be public until the midterm elections in November are over.

The media is terrible at reading comprehension, as has been proven time and time again. From the erroneous reporting on the NSA’s Terrorist Surveillance Program (were they wrongly claimed the NSA was bypassing the NSA when in fact NSA leads were for the first time being used to identify and monitor possible terrorists in the USA via FISA warrants) to the GITMO abuse claims, our ‘reporters’ cannot read and understand what they have read. Whether it is lack of skill or partisan blinders is irrelevant. It is beyond them. I see this all the time when the media tries to...

WorldNews.com,Thu 28 Sep 2006 Email this story to a friend Print this story Text of Declassified Intelligence Estimate US Director of National Intelligence. United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qaida and disrupted its operations; however, we judge that al-Qaida will continue to pose the greatest threat to the homeland and U.S. interests abroad by a single terrorist organization. We also assess that the global jihadist movement, which includes al-Qaida, affiliated and independent terrorist groups and emerging networks and cells, is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts. -- Although we cannot measure the extent of the spread...

Posted by Dan Riehl on September 26, 2006 - 22:22. Rather than offer a reasoned analysis of a National Intelligence Estimate declassified by the Bush administration today, the AP selected only the most negative aspects of the report for inclusion in their story. WASHINGTON - The war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that probably will get worse before it gets better, federal intelligence analysts conclude in a report at odds with  President Bush's portrayal of a world growing safer. In the bleak report, declassified and released Tuesday on Bush's orders, the nation's...

Another day, another New York Times publication of classified information.  Another election cycle, another strategic intelligence-community leak transparently designed to affect the outcome.  Another coincidence of Iraq and al Qaeda terrorism, another simplistic Democratic claim of causation between Iraq and al Qaeda terrorism (but, naturally, never a concession of connection between Iraq and al Qaeda terrorism). On Sunday, the Times disclosed a selectively leaked snippet from the new National Intelligence Estimate which evidently suggests that Bush administration policy — in particular, the war in Iraq — has increased Islamic radicalism.  As night follows day, prominent Democrats were ready to pounce...

On a day when much of the capital's attention was focused on leaked excerpts of an intelligence estimate report that suggested the Iraq war was creating more jihadists, the military quietly released an intercepted letter from Al Qaeda complaining that the terrorist organization was losing ground in Iraq. The letter, found in the headquarters of Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, after he was killed on June 7, was sent to Zarqawi by a senior Al Qaeda leader who signs his name simply "Atiyah." He complains that Al Qaeda is weak both in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and in...

by Mark Finkelstein September 27, 2006 - 08:05 "Good morning, this is Harry Smith reporting from London today, June 10th, 1940. With Luftwaffe pilots now brazenly carrying out daylight bombing raids on London, it's clear that Britain's war against Nazism is a failure." Judging by his take on Iraq, that's presumably how Harry would have reported matters had he been around during the dark days of WWII. Fortunately, Churchill was there: "Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and...

Highlights in a new NIE just released to the President Yesterday indicated that the sentiments of cut and run from Iraq and conspiracy theories perpetuated by the American political left in the U.S. have emboldened terror organizations around the globe and have directly made America less safe since 911. Additionally, intelligence sources indicated that there is a direct correlation in the number of U.S. Servicemens deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan and the constant undermining of the Presidents efforts specifically related to comments of the actions of our troops by the U.S. Congressmen John Murtha and the Senator John Kerry. Although...

White House release of a previously secret intelligence assessment depicting a growing terrorist threat gives both political parties new ammunition in the election-season fight over the Iraq war. For Republicans, the excerpts of the document - declassified under orders from President Bush on Tuesday - are more evidence that Iraq is central to the war on terrorism and can't be abandoned without giving jihadists a crucial victory. For Democrats, the report furthers their argument that the 2003 Iraq invasion has inflamed anti-U.S. sentiments in the Muslim world and left the U.S. less safe. In a bleak National Intelligence Estimate, the...

there is a second NIE just on Iraq!!!! Rat Jane Harmon is trying to get that one released. Norah and Chrissy were almost frothing at the mouth they were so excited. I guess since this NIE is not what they wanted, they will now be on the lookout for a new one. Funny how they move on when the facts are presented to them.

President Bush today said it is naive and a mistake to think that the war in Iraq has worsened terrorism, as a key portion of a national intelligence assessment suggests. "Some people have guessed what's in the report and concluded that going into Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree," Mr. Bush said during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He asserted that portions of the classified report were leaked for political purposes, referring to the Nov. 7 midterm elections. Mr. Bush announced that he had instructed National Intelligence Director John D. Negroponte to declassify those parts...

President Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan held a press conference in the White House East Room today. First Lady Laura Bush spoke at fundraisers for Republican congressional candidate Joy Padgett in Granville, Ohio and for Ray Meier in Utica, N.Y. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met with Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Yusuf Kalla at the White House. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived at Mother Teresa airport in Tirana. He will take part at the meeting of defense ministers of southeast Europe that will be held on September 27 in Albania. Enjoy your Tuesday...

A declassified government intelligence report says the war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that is likely to get worse before it gets better. In the bleak report, released Tuesday on President Bush's orders, the nation's most veteran analysts conclude that despite serious damage to the leadership of al-Qaida, the threat from Islamic extremists has spread both in numbers and in geographic reach. "If this trend continues, threats to U.S. interests at home and abroad will become more diverse, leading to increasing attacks worldwide," the document says. "The confluence of...

Five Years Later, We're Still Not Safe -Full Story- In the five years since terrorists flew hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans have accepted inconvenience, sacrificed personal liberties and paid billions of dollars for a security clampdown that touches virtually every aspect of their lives.And we're still not safe.A close examination of the federal government's homeland security effort shows that there have been major accomplishments since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But it also reveals how vulnerable the nation remains to catastrophe. Hunt for bin Laden Is Chasing Shadows and Raising Tensions Homegrown...

<p>United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted its operations; however, we judge that al-Qa’ida will continue to pose the greatest threat to the Homeland and US interests abroad by a single terrorist organization. We also assess that the global jihadist movement—which includes al- Qa’ida, affiliated and independent terrorist groups, and emerging networks and cells—is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts.</p>

Dems Lose Vote for Closed House Session Democrats failed Tuesday to push the House into an unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism that says the Iraq war is nourishing a new generation of extremist operatives. The proposal from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was denied by a vote of 171-217. Such a session hasn't happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went into a closed session to discuss the United States' support for paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. In an interview with The Associated Press, Pelosi said the secret session was...

Just when the Democrats thought it was safe to launch a weekend attack,using leaked documents, the President double-crossed them by de-classifying more of it ! Oh the humanity !

US to release leaked Iraq report Mr Bush was reported to be visibly angry at the leak of the report US President George W Bush has said he will declassify parts of a leaked report that apparently concludes that the Iraq war has fuelled terrorism."Some people have guessed what's in the report and concluded that going in to Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree," Mr Bush said. He said the key judgements of the National Intelligence Estimate would be made public as soon as possible. Key members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have urged declassification. But a subsequent...

We’ve gotten four or five requests for this since it aired this morning. It’s not so much what he says as how he says it: the long pauses, the look of utter incredulity that an educated person — from New York City, no less — might not still appreciate the stakes five years later. You’ll find the clip at the end of this sequence, which also features Bush’s angry comments about the NIE leak. Rarely has he been so blunt in his criticism of the press.

National Intelligence Estimate Confirms Facts on War September 26, 2006 Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement following President Bush's news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai: "Now that President Bush has heeded Democrats call to declassify the NIE report, the American people can decide on its merits for themselves. Facts are stubborn things. "And unfortunately the Bush Administration has repeatedly chosen to ignore the facts when they're inconvenient, and make them up when they don't support their rigid ideology. This is no way to run a country or a war. It's telling that President Bush failed...

Democrats failed Tuesday to push the House into an unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism that says the Iraq war is nourishing a new generation of extremist operatives. The proposal from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was denied by a vote of 171-217. Such a session hasn't happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went into a closed session to discuss the United States' support for paramilitary operations in Nicaragua.

This is a FYI for later today....DNI will be posting the NIE later today....bookmark it.... and keep checking back.

WASHINGTON -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked her colleagues Tuesday to close the House's doors for a highly unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism. Such a session hasn't happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went into a closed session to discuss the United States' support for paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. In an interview with The Associated Press, Pelosi, D-Calif., said the secret session is necessary to allow members to better understand the intelligence community's most recent assessment on global terrorism. She said she hoped House Republicans would recognize the...