The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is out, but I’ll leave the serious analysis to Thomas Joscelyn, who should have something up in this space shortly. Still I think it’s worth pointing out how ridiculous some of the claims being made about the NIE process are, almost all of which tie back to Gareth Porter. We’ve documented some of Porter’s BS stories here in the past, and the description of Porter’s employer, IPS, is a dead give away that their work product isn’t news, but activism–they describe themselves as “civil society’s leading news agency, […] an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.” Still, this quote from a November 8 story by Porter has been linked by numerous bloggers, including Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly and Bradford Plumer at the New Republic. Here’s the bit that seems to be of interest to the left:
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