Another damning report, another delay in its release. A few leaks may cause the dam to burst, but this is part and parcel of a White House pattern.
Any report generated outside the White House that comes in with a critical view of White House policies will no doubt enter a twilight zone of spin, haze, fog, mirrors, rancor and lies.
The NIE will come piecemeal, until you are utterly confused about what it is you've heard. It will come against White House will, at the appropriate day when you just may believe, it was released completely at the White House's will. It will follow the pattern of other major damning reports that have come and gone, into the twilight zone...
The final
9/11 Report delayed until it was no longer a factor in the 2004 elections.
The 2002 Children's Health Report After nine months of delay by the White House, EPA finally released its long-awaited report on children's health and the environment, finding, most notably, that 8 percent of women ages 16 to 49 have mercury levels in the blood that could lead to reduced IQ and motor-skills for their offspring.
This marks the first time EPA has formally acknowledged an increased risk to children's health from mercury, emitted primarily from coal-fired power plants, and signals the need for strong regulatory action.
The EPA Inspector General's Report on post 9/11 Air Quality
The NOAA Report on Hurricanes/Global Warming White House blocked release.
So many more and now the NIE damning report on terror and Iraq.
Why have they done this? Because they can. Because they can get away with it. Watch the Rove playbook in action.
Dear Democrats, believe your own eyes, believe your own intuition, believe what 16 intelligence agencies are trying to tell you. Goddamnit do something and don't let this report wither away as an unknown blob of indescribable pulp and talkshow pundit blather...