Bush says NIE leak was political, denies Iraq has worsened terrorism
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Sept. 26, 2006 -- WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush announced Tuesday that he will declassify parts of the National Intelligence Estimate, which reportedly concluded that the war with Iraq has worsened terrorism.
“Some people have guessed what’s in the report and concluded that going into Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree,” Bush said, referring to a New York Times report over the weekend that described what it said were conclusions from the classified analysis made last April.
The key judgments from the analysis will be released “as quickly as possible,” he added.
Bush said he had directed National Intelligence Director John Negroponte to declassify those parts of the report that don’t compromise national security.
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