Behind Team Obama's Egypt Gaffes
Michael Walsh, New York Post
No matter how things shake out in Egypt, one thing has become depressingly clear: Something is very wrong with the American intelligence services.First it was CIA Director Leon Panetta, telling a House committee there was a "strong likelihood" that Mubarak would step down Thursday night -- an erroneous prediction that, the CIA later admitted, turned out to be based on "press reports," not agency field work.
No matter how things shake out in Egypt, one thing has become depressingly clear: Something is very wrong with the American intelligence services.First it was CIA Director Leon Panetta, telling a House committee there was a "strong likelihood" that Mubarak would step down Thursday night -- an erroneous prediction that, the CIA later admitted, turned out to be based on "press reports," not agency field work.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/14/behind_team_obama039s_egypt_gaffes_250487.html