It is important for the public to see why the Pentagon’s Inspector General concluded that Secretary Doug Feith’s office “developed, produced and then disseminated alternative intelligence assessments on the Iraq and al-Qaeda relationship,” which included “conclusions that were inconsistent with the consensus of the Intelligence Community,” and why the Inspector General concluded that these actions were “inappropriate.” Until today, those details were classified and outside the public’s view.
The very title of the Feith briefing slides contradicts his claim on February 16 that “we didn’t do intelligence assessments,