Former CIA Bin Laden Hunter Parses the N.I.E.

Michael Scheuer, former head of the Bin Laden desk at the CIA, interprets the National Intelligence Estimate, doing a good job of separating policy from politics.

Michael Scheuer at the National Interest:

... Were in far worse shape now than we were in 2001, primarily because we’ve kind of, perhaps unknowingly, provided the Quranic predicate for a jihad: the unprovoked invasion of a Muslim country by an infidel. And so, as night follows day, no one should be surprised that the level of fighting has increased.

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