House to Hold Hearings on Two New Reports on Iraqi
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 28, 2007; Page A08
[NOTE: THSI IS THE KEY EXCERPT]
The NIE, requested by the White House Iraq coordinator, Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, in preparation for the testimony, met with resistance from U.S. military officials in Baghdad, according to a senior U.S. military intelligence officer there. Presented with a draft of the conclusions, Petraeus succeeded in having the security judgments softened to reflect improvements in recent months, the official said.
We've seen that Petraeus is more than willing to lie about the progress in Iraq and it looks like he will have support from a new unit in the Pentagon. Talking Points Memo found this AP report about a week ago:
Pentagon setting up war information room
Pentagon Setting Up Iraq Information 'War Room'
As Progress Report Approaches
LOLITA C. BALDOR
AP News
Aug 24, 2007 16:52 EDT
For the Pentagon, getting out Iraq information will now include a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week Iraq Communications Desk that will pump out data from Baghdad _ serving as what could be considered a campaign war room.
According to a memo circulated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press, Dorrance Smith, assistant defense secretary for public affairs, is looking for personnel for what he called the high-priority effort to distribute Defense Department information on Iraq.
The move _ requested by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England _ comes as administration officials are gearing up for a rash of reports on progress in Iraq and recommendations from the military on troop levels going into next year.
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