Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Fallout from the Iraq intelligence report

The Bush administration is struggling to come out on top after a decision to declassify a portion of an intelligence report on the war in Iraq, writes Bonnie Malkin.

The Guardian reported today that parts of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) scuppered Bush's argument that the removal of Saddam Hussein had made Americans safer, warning the war had become a "cause celebre for jihadists".

Left-leaning commentators have jumped on the story with ill-disguised glee. Read them below.

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