A reader elucidates my point further regarding the Iraq War and the CIA:
I pointed this out elsewhere: the CIA was the least supportive of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/et al’s claim there were WMD. Most of the claims came from the aforementioned along with a few other direct reports. Moreover, the strongest Intelligence Community support came from the DIA, directly under Rumsfeld’s chain of command being part of the DoD. The CIA was highly reluctant to support the assertion.
Which makes his reluctance to trust the CIA – regarding a report roughly 15 years old, no less – just that much more disturbing. Keeping in mind Trump was for the war, this makes the CIA more accurate than some minor businessman in New York City – which is certainly what one would hope. Or we can ask Donald why, in 2000, he had spies operating in deep cover in Iraq, and see if he chokes on it.
