* FEMA and the White House knew of levee failure earlier than previously disclosed; also, "officials knew long before the storm showed up on the radar that 100,000 people in New Orleans" had no exit strategy. [ NYT , NYT ] * Former top CIA official accuses the administration of "cherry-picking" intelligence to justify war against Iraq and suppressing warnings about post-war conditions: "It has become clear that official intelligence was not relied on in making even the most significant national security decisions, that intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made, that damaging ill will developed between [
Daily Briefing: The 'Lull' on the Homeland
Daily Briefing: The 'Lull' on the Homeland
Daily Briefing: The 'Lull' on the Homeland
* FEMA and the White House knew of levee failure earlier than previously disclosed; also, "officials knew long before the storm showed up on the radar that 100,000 people in New Orleans" had no exit strategy. [ NYT , NYT ] * Former top CIA official accuses the administration of "cherry-picking" intelligence to justify war against Iraq and suppressing warnings about post-war conditions: "It has become clear that official intelligence was not relied on in making even the most significant national security decisions, that intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made, that damaging ill will developed between [