Intelligence Estimates : How Useful to Congress.

Provides background on national intelligence estimates (NIEs), which are formal assessments produced by the U.S. intelligence community. Discusses Congressional interest in NIEs, the inaccurate 2002 NIE on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the 2006 NIE on trends in global terrorism, the 2007 NIE on...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Terrorism. Weapons of mass destruction. Intelligence service. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on national intelligence estimates (NIEs), which are formal assessments produced by the U.S. intelligence community. Discusses Congressional interest in NIEs, the inaccurate 2002 NIE on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the 2006 NIE on trends in global terrorism, the 2007 NIE on prospects for stability in Iraq, and the 2007 NIE on Iranian nuclear intention and capabilities.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.