The Intelligence Community

Powell admits Iraq evidence mistake

It is the first time Mr Powell has acknowledged key evidence he used to make the case for war may have been wrong, says the BBC's Jannat Jalil in Washington.
BBC
"One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities"
-Colin Powell addressing the UN Security Council on 5 February 2003

TIC exclusive; TheIntelligenceCommunity.com presents "The Most Controversial Peace Rally of the Year"

Everybody come to see "The Most Controversial Peace Rally of the Year" with hero's Ralph Nader and Alex Jones this Saturday in Crawford Texas, March 20th, the 1st Anniversary of "The War" aka "The War on Iraq", aka "Operation Iraqi Freedom, (which is all part of a larger "War on Terror" which began with the Invasion of Afganistan, which was officially called "Operation Ending Freedom"....er, oops, sorry, that's "Operation Enduring Freedom"). Festivities begin 4 pm with Ralph Nader and Alex Jones at 7 pm. Also there will be musical guests Shanghai 5 and a performance by The Intelligence Community. That's March 20, 2004, in Crawford Texas, 4 pm to 9 pm!
MAP

Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame's Name

President Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, told the FBI in an interview last October that he circulated and discussed damaging information regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame with others in the White House, outside political consultants, and journalists, according to a government official and an attorney familiar with the ongoing special counsel's investigation of the matter.
The American Prospect

Report: No legal basis for war in Iraq

Legal advisers to the British cabinet said a U.N. resolution did not authorize the government to wage war in Iraq, The Independent said Thursday.
U.N. Resolution 1441 was passed in 2002 by the Security Council, giving Saddam Hussein a final opportunity to disarm. Prime Minister Tony Blair used it as grounds for joining the United States in war in Iraq.
Blair is under pressure to fully disclose his legal advice -- a move he is resisting.
But the newspaper said a Foreign Office memorandum came to light saying there was no automatic justification for the use of force based on Resolution 1441.The Washington Times

Pentagon offices face probe on Iraq claims

Two Pentagon offices that critics say twisted intelligence to bolster the case for war with Iraq are facing fresh scrutiny, but the Defence Department defended the groups as completely benign.
At issue are the activities of the Office of Special Plans and the Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group, which operated under the auspices of Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defence for policy and a leading Pentagon hawk.
Pentagon officials said the two offices never collected intelligence and simply brought a fresh perspective to data gathered by the intelligence community.
Critics of the Bush administration argue that these two offices, driven by ideology and a predisposition for war, operated outside normal intelligence channels to manipulate and politicise data to portray Saddam Hussein's government in the most threatening light.ABC News Australia

Mini-Nukes and Preemptive Policy, A Dangerous Combination

Cato Institute, PDF doc

The Bunker NIghtmare Goes Nuclear

The proliferation of deeply burrowed enemy bunkers could lead to new "mini-nukes" and even a change in U.S. first-strike policy. The technical and ethical barriers are huge.
Popular Science
ADMINISTRATION MOVES AHEAD ON NUCLEAR 'BUNKER BUSTERS'
Demonstrating a significant shift in America's nuclear strategy, the Bush administration intends to produce (not just research) a thermonuclear bunker-busting bomb to destroy hardened, deeply buried targets, the Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time. The weapon, known as the 'Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator' would be a full-power hydrogen bomb that would throw up enormous clouds of radioactive dust while wreaking large-scale damage and death if used in an urban area.
Silicon Valley.com
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War