Bush said the lives of U.S. armed forces were not lost in vain – "their sacrifice was worth honoring, not depreciating" – but that given the intelligence failures that have since been established, he would not have led the country into war in Iraq.
Given the intelligence community assessment that Russia participated in several hacking campaigns intended to sway voters in his favor, Trump may want to appear tough on hackers and oppose the bug bounty programs underway at the Defense Department.
Given the intelligence community assessment that Russia participated in several hacking campaigns intended to sway voters in his favor, Trump may want to appear tough on hackers and oppose the bug bounty programs underway at the Defense Department.
Over a period of months, the United States had given the Philippines intelligence that should have led to the arrest of suspected terrorists, including the leader of Abu Sayyaf, and the Philippine government did not act, one Western diplomat said.
The conflicting views of what took place this week -- a vigorous response to a looming danger, or a knee-jerk overreaction driven by political calculations as much as practical ones -- may be impossible to reconcile, given that much of the intelligence that has been disclosed is murky, and that presumably there is more that remains hidden from public view.
Hours after Obama personally expressed his "profound regret" over the deaths, and announced an immediate review of the operation, his press secretary, Josh Earnest, said the victims' families would be compensated, and gave unprecedented details about the intelligence that led to the operation.
As I've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her.
Russert: There is a sense in the country that the intelligence that was given was ambiguous, and that you took it and molded it and shaped it, your opponents have said "hyped" it, and rushed to war.
Given the nature of the intelligence that almost certainly underpins the strike, that is understandable.
Please use the intelligence that Allah gave you," he said.
"The intelligence that our officials was given regarding W.M.D. was either defective or manipulated," Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico noted.
