Cheney's man Bolton's man Fleitz is neo-conning again

like we should find that suprising...

empty wheel has a very interesting run-down on who's behind the suspect intelligence that's supposed to be propelling us into yet another bogus war...

I've been pondering two questions of late. First, why did the Neocons move Fred Fleitz to a staff position on the House Intelligence Committee. And second, how they hell do they plan to lie us into war in Iran when, this time, the public and the intelligence community have their guard up?

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In a particularly Boltonian paragraph, Fleitz' report argues that, because the IAEA isn't buying the US' tired old Denial and Deception arguments (in which the absence of proof itself serves for proof), it cannot be trusted.

While not an instance of Iranian perfidy, the spring 2006 decision by IAEA Director General ElBaradei to remove Mr. Christopher Charlier, the chief IAEA Iran inspector, for allegedly raising concerns about Iranian deception regarding its nuclear program and concluding that the purpose of Iran's nuclear program is to construct weapons, should give U.S. policymakers great pause. The United States has entrusted the IAEA with providing a truly objective assessment of Iran's nuclear program. IAEA officials should not hesitate to conclude that the purpose of Iranian nuclear program is to produce weapons if that is where the evidence leads. If Mr. Charlier was removed for not adhering to an unstated IAEA policy barring IAEA officials from telling the whole truth about the Iranian nuclear program, the United States and the international community have a serious problem on their hands.

these guys just can't get enough of war, death, and destruction...

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