Upcoming National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq won't be pretty

For over a month, democrats have been pushing for an updated NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) on Iraq. It's nearly two years overdue. I guess with all the 'good news' from Iraq they have been having a devil of a time keeping up.

This is from Booman Tribune:

[...]the NIE isn't really just a nonsense piece of BushCo neocon propaganda, as it is the judgment of the entire intelligence community and as a good example, the NIE on Iran indicates that they are around 10 years from having a nuclear bomb. While much, if not all of the NIE is pretty much classified, for obvious reasons, there have been pieces that were declassified in the past.

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A short article on MSNBC.com gives a hint of what can possibly be expected from the upcoming NIE:

The contents of the report may have been foreshadowed in a recent series of closed-door briefings given to Congress by the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Pentagon's intelligence arm painted a scenario in which Iraq could dissolve into civil war if Iraqi security forces don't soon get their act together. One official familiar with the briefing, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive subject matter, said that the picture it painted was dire, although another official--who requested anonymity for the same reason--insisted it was not entirely despairing, since Iraqi security forces were beginning to improve.

The question, of course, is whether this will be enough to smack the percentage of Americans who think that Iraq is still going well or isn't in a civil war or is helping keep us safer in the face.

And will it make those in Congress who are frantically running from Dear Leader in their quest to be a total shameless whore reelected actually stand up and get serious about Iraq - something that they should have done well over three years ago?

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