Bush Vows to Correct U.S. Intelligence Flaws (Reuters)

[Up2Late]

(Does this mean, he's going to try not to be so Stupid in the future?)

Bush Vows to Correct U.S. Intelligence Flaws

Sat Apr 2, 2005 11:18 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush vowed to correct flaws in U.S. intelligence gathering exposed by a presidential commission and said on Saturday the Senate can help by swiftly confirming John Negroponte as director of national intelligence. The bipartisan commission reported on Thursday that U.S. intelligence was "dead wrong" and that flaws were still all too common among spy agencies. It called for a major overhaul and outlined 74 recommendations for improving information-sharing among the agencies and fostering dissent. "To win the war on terror we will correct what needs to be fixed and build on what the commission calls, 'solid intelligence successes,"' Bush said in his weekly radio address.

In February Bush nominated Negroponte, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, to take the new job of director of national intelligence to coordinate intelligence among the 15 spy agencies and provide the president with his daily intelligence briefing. "When members of Congress return to Washington, I urge them to move quickly on his confirmation because he will have a key role in the continued reform and restructuring of our intelligence capabilities," Bush said. The Senate is to return next week from its Easter recess.

Bush used U.S. intelligence on suspected Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq two years ago. None of the weapons were found.

The commission's report warned that U.S. intelligence knows "disturbingly little" about the nuclear programs of potential U.S. adversaries such as Iran and North Korea. Bush said the work being done by U.S. intelligence analysts is extremely difficult and that Americans never hear about many of their successes. "I can assure you that the men and women in our intelligence community are working around the clock and doing everything they can to keep us safe. And my administration will continue to make intelligence reforms that will allow them to identify threats before they fully emerge so we can take action to protect the American people," he said.

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.

[jmcon007]

1. Yeah, this sets my mind at ease.

[stepnw1f]

2. Why Not... He Fixed Both Elections? (nt)

[Up2Late]

5. Good point!

:applause:

[VegasWolf]

3. Does this mean he is going to step down? n/t

[Botany]

4. bush could look into ......

.... Tho office of "Special Projects" set up by Rummy, Pearle, and Cheney to cherry
pick intel so as to make the case for this stupid war.

Any bets if the media will even talk about the office of "Special Projects?"

[demgurl]

6. Maybe before Bu$h corrects US Intelligence flaws.....

Maybe he should correct his own intelligence flaws!

[Rose Siding]

7. Is that a preemptive apology for closing down the spy shops re: Iran?

last wk's article:

WASHINGTON — In its scramble to marshal resources for gathering intelligence on al-Qaida and Iraq, the CIA shut down a spy ring it was operating in South America that was providing a rare glimpse into the activities of Iranian militants and intelligence networks, according to a former agency official involved in the operation.

The program, which had taken five years to assemble, , had succeeded to the point that several of the CIA's informants had been invited to take part in religious training inside Iran, the former official said.

But the operation was dismantled by CIA officials who were skeptical of its value, the former official said, and were under growing pressure to redeploy agency funds and personnel from South America and other regions seen as less critical than the nation's expanding war fronts.

Iran's intelligence service has been active in South America for decades, officials said. The decision to pull the plug on the CIA-run program came in 2002, after President Bush had declared Iran part of an "axis of evil" along with Iraq and North Korea, but before confronting Iran over its nuclear program and its support for terrorist activities became a top priority for the administration.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-irancia27mar27,0,929362.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Up2Late]

11. Good Lord, I missed that one, thanks, I think

I'm becoming more and more convinced that he is (they are) doing this type of crap on purpose. (See the post below yours)

The whole Bush family is just one scathing T.V. expose' away from being considered a Organized Crime Family. It helps when Daddy is a former head of the C.I.A.

Getting rid of the South America/Iran Ops, makes it much easier for them to continue the drug smuggling, Government toppling, etc. that they (*'s) do.

[Zorra]

8. "...the Senate can help by swiftly confirming John Negroponte as director

of national intelligence".

Yes, so very true.....Negroponte is an old pro at covering up human rights abuses by Intelligence Agencies, and the sooner he gets confirmed, the sooner Bu*h will be able to eliminate all domestic/foreign opposition to his policies, with total impunity.

The whole Bu*h cabal is one huge rotten stinking mass of corruption and evil, top to bottom. Confirming Negroponte will insure that our government will stay this way indefinitely, maybe permanently.

[Frederik]

9. He's the biggest intelligence flaw

[Demeter]

10. Does This Mean He'll Surrender to Impeachment?

Or fire himself? Atone in a horribly dramatic suicide? Or is it just the usual lie?

[sakabatou]

12. By correcting...

He means more "yes-men".

[barb162]

13. didn't he say this right after 9/11

[Massacure]

14. Oh Great. And here comes Patriot III

[booksenkatz]

15. Why would the fox fix the broken lock on the henhouse door?

The "intelligence flaws" (I call it "cherrypicking intelligence," but that's just me) have allowed the Bush cabal to enrich itself beyond its wildest dreams. Why would they see a need to change a damned thing? Status quo is just peachy to them.

On to Iran!