From the Washington Post

Assessments Made in 2003 Foretold Situation in Iraq

Intelligence Studies List Internal Violence, Terrorist Activity

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 20, 2007; Page A06

Two intelligence assessments from January 2003 predicted that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and subsequent U.S. occupation of Iraq could lead to internal violence and provide a boost to Islamic extremists and terrorists in the region, according to congressional sources and former intelligence officials familiar with the prewar studies.

The two assessments, titled “Principal Challenges in Post-Saddam Iraq” and “Regional Consequences of Regime Change in Iraq,” were produced by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and will be a major part of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s long-awaited Phase II report on prewar intelligence assessments about Iraq. The assessments were delivered to the White House and to congressional intelligence committees before the war started.

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For those paying attention, this is not new information. What’s important to understand is that this is kinda new to the Washington DC press corps and the MSM. While some folks might find solace in the press and media getting its sack back, there are still a lot of us that have a hard time forgetting that they lost it in the first place.