> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the > > british by not using the information. But by the way > > why is it "as is usual"? It would seem to me in > > something this important the british could share > > their specific information. I would suspect that > > more often than not in situations like this the info > > would be shared. I would very upset to learn that we > > and our allies shared only conclusions not evidence.
Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > The British have stated that their source (informed > speculation is French intelligence, but no one knows > for sure) refused them permission to share the > evidence, only the conclusions. This is very ordinary > in the intelligence world, where sources and methods > are prized above all things. > So then the President used information that ultimately came from French Intelligence, a country which his own administration has all but accused of having a conflict of interest wrt Iraq? This sounds worse than before. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
