US Foreign Policy - The Intelligence Factor

'These twin “intelligence failures” — “a two-verse mantra,” Pillar calls them — were addressed by president and Congress with a noisily announced program of “intelligence reform.” The biggest change was to move intelligence headquarters into a different building under a new official with a new title: director of national intelligence. Pillar’s purpose is not to turn the clock back but to unravel the skein of misinformation, deceit and what can only be characterized as White House bullying that managed to pin the blame for 9/11 and Iraq on the one organization enjoined by law and custom from taking its case to the public.' Full story.