everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the NIE but were afraid to speculate

While we’re waiting for a John Le Carré -caliber*** thriller writer to emerge who is talented enough to address the war on terror, let me direct you toward two posts (and their comments sections) over on the Belmont Club.

Long live the blogosphere!

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*** Le Carré has turned into an anti-American political crank, but his Smiley novels were deeply satisfying entertainments. And The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is one of the most astute books ever written about the moral compromises foisted on people by Soviet-style totalitarianism.