Intelligence Estimates : How Useful to Congress?

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Weapons of mass destruction.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Intelligence Estimates

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