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Now this. Emptywheel says

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:10:17 +0000

Now this. Emptywheel says parts of that Politico profile are obvious bullshit but no details as to which parts yet.

http://www.emptywheel.net/author/emptywheel/

Meanwhile, the lead anecdote of this mostly interesting (but in parts obviously bullshit) profile of how Obama disempowered his cabinet ministers tells how Rahm went ballistic because Steven Chu (whose energy initiative created a bunch of jobs) publicly admitted that some islands will disappear because of climate change. - See more at: http://www.emptywheel.net/author/emptywheel/#sthash.hV3AtGLM.dpuf

I read that this morning when

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:17:12 +0000

In reply to If you haven't checked it

I read that this morning when I saw your link at In The News. I did find it interesting and it did explain some things. It did not explain why they would think it okay to twist intelligence [if they in fact did] to try to justify dropping bombs on people or why they would have confidence enough that they could get away with it. If they were willing to sex up the intelligence it suggests that all they feel they are risking is having some negative big thing for a week or so until the next big thing makes it go away, as suggested by someone somewhere recently about a different subject.

If you haven't checked it

artappraiser — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:33:46 +0000

In reply to Fixing Intel Around the Syria Policy

If you haven't checked it out, I think you may find things of interest to you in the "Locked in the Cabinet" Politico piece, particularly on page 3 (on Sec. Gates vs. White House; Libya) and page 5 (on Syria decision & Kerry; Hagel). I'd suggest reading the whole thing, it really does help to lay out a full picture of a modus operandi that in turns helps explain a lot of past stories in the news, both on foreign and defense policy and on domestic matters.

Suddenly, Giraldi is

A Guy Called LULU — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:23:10 +0000

In reply to Fixing Intel Around the Syria Policy

Suddenly, Giraldi is everywhere. I just dissed him in regards to a conclusion he reached on a particular issue regarding Snowden. I will note here and stress that it was just a subjective conclusion I thought was wrong but not his statements of objective fact. His assertion in an article at The American Conservative about intelligence people threatening to resign over twisting of intelligence about Assad using poison gas is not proven one way or another at this point but is certainly worth considering. Also, considering the source, I found the comments to his article particularly interesting.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/quitting-over-syria/

Another sight I find quite credible in its analysis, The Moon of Alabama, also refers to Gibraldi in its cover of this topic.

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2013/11/syria-insurgency-infighting-cia-ana...