Jeffrey Goldberg’s piece, The Obama Doctrine, is compulsory reading. One of the more intriguing revelations in it is James Clapper’s “surprise visit” to the White House in the aftermath of the chemical weapons attack in Gouta, Damascus. The Director of National Intelligence interrupted the President’s Daily Brief—where his team of analysts walk the president through the Book—to warn that the intelligence on the chemical attack was not a “slam dunk.” The sudden change in the Director’s assessment implies that a new piece of information had come to light that cast doubt on the thesis that Assad was responsible for the atrocity. This corroborates
The Obama Doctrine - Part I
The Obama Doctrine - Part I
The Obama Doctrine - Part I
Jeffrey Goldberg’s piece, The Obama Doctrine, is compulsory reading. One of the more intriguing revelations in it is James Clapper’s “surprise visit” to the White House in the aftermath of the chemical weapons attack in Gouta, Damascus. The Director of National Intelligence interrupted the President’s Daily Brief—where his team of analysts walk the president through the Book—to warn that the intelligence on the chemical attack was not a “slam dunk.” The sudden change in the Director’s assessment implies that a new piece of information had come to light that cast doubt on the thesis that Assad was responsible for the atrocity. This corroborates