----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
Kay Questions U.S. Pre-Emptive Strike Doctrine By Jackie Frank
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Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) of Delaware, a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, warned of damage to U.S. credibility around the world as a result of the intelligence failures.
Recalling former French President Charles De Gaulle's statement that he so trusted President John F. Kennedy's word he did not need to see satellite photos of Soviet missiles near Cuba, Biden told CNN: "No leader in the world would respond to President Bush that way today."
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The staffs on Embassy Row in DC must have fallen out of their chairs in laughter on hearing that one.
Bets are on that the CIA and NSA will be rewarded for their failures with even more cash for surveillance gadgets, mendacity programs etc.
Ian