BOGUS INTEL - OSP Refresher

[LunaC]

Exerpt from PNAC 101

"It is important to shape circumstances..........."- PNAC Statement of Principles

The Office of Special Plans (OSP) was a secret group of analysts and policy advisors with no status in the intelligence community. Nevertheless they reported directly to the White House and National Security office with cherry-picked intelligence from questionable sources to support the case for invading Iraq. The OSP circumvented formal, well-established oversight procedures, ignored intelligence that didn't further their agenda, expanded the intelligence on weapons beyond what was justified and over-emphasized the national security risk. They became more influential than the C.I.A. or the Defense Intelligence Agency who didn't even know the ultra-secret OSP existed for at least a year.

Because they were based in the Pentagon, it was assumed that the OSP was an intelligence-gathering agency that was second-guessing the C.I.A. but in actuality it was the White House Military Marketing Machine charged with the task of writing the PNAC's "Get Saddam" sales pitch for the public. Shading and bending reality to suit their own purpose, it wasn't important for the OSP's stories about Saddam to be factual, only that the average American believed them to be - in true Hollywood fashion.

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030512fa_fact

[Angry Girl]

1. Seymour Hersh rocks!

URGENT! Timing is critical to save earthquake victims before winter!

[ellenfl]

4. thanks for reminding me to donate to pakistan (your link). eom

[ellenfl]

2. is this how shrub will evade responsibility?

Nevertheless they reported directly to the White House and National Security office with cherry-picked intelligence from questionable sources to support the case for invading Iraq.

ellen fl

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Excellent article! Very important for understanding how Iraqi....

...intelligence was manipulated.

[annabanana]

5. It is time to "write the history of the origins of this war..."

For the VERY FIRST TIME.... Let's make sure they get the facts right.

on edit: nominated for refresher course..

[LunaC]

6. PNAC 101

I didn't realize that sig lines were disabled so here's the link to PNAC 101 - Rise of the Neocons ....it's important to see the Big Picture and how the OSP furthered the neocon agenda.

[texpatriot2004]

7. Yes, the OSP worked with the WHIG to further the agenda of the

Neocons. Thanks for this info.