A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. Full Story »
Posted by Melva Hackney
This is not what I would consider great investigative journalism. The story does not (indeed, cannot) reveal the name of the CIA operative, so some trustworthiness is lost right from the start. A named "CIA spokesman" is quoted saying the same things that CIA spokespeople often say, that the CIA doesn't falsify or suppress intelligence. At the end of the article, I'm left wondering whether I should beleve this unnamed ex-CIA person or not. Clearly he has an axe to grind; he no longer works for the CIA. I'm about as liberal as they come, but even I have a problem taking this entire story at face value. This isn't investigative journalism. This is just reporting what the guy's lawyer said, and what the CIA spokesman says.
