TPMmuckraker’s Justin Rood has just posted his first dispatch on the other secret NIE, the one on Iraq.
Rep. Harman (D-CA) has just said she wants it released.
We’ve also talked to a number of Hill sources who tell us the report is being slow rolled, presumably to keep its findings from being released before the November 7th election.
Late Update: In the course of our reporting this morning, there was some question over whether this Iraq report was in fact an NIE. It now appears that it is an NIE in all but name, prepared in the same way, by the same people. But it’s not been given the ‘NIE’ label because that would trigger reporting requirements to congress that the adminsitration has wanted to avoid. We’ll bring you more updates on this question shortly.
