“Our intelligence sources tell us,” President Bush told to the nation on January 28, “that he [Saddam] has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production.” The claim, paired with the alleged uranium buy, painted a damning picture of Baghdad’s atomic ambitions.
Mother Jones has a well-researched timeline showing how this less-reviewed, equally relevant ‘lynch pin’ of disinformation came to be part of the Bush administration’s ‘faith-based intelligence.’
‘faith-based intelligence’! That’s good. Can I use it?
It’s being kicked around here and there lately. It’s used in the MoJo piece I linked. I don’t know who first coined it.
I agree that it’s a great line. I think it should be used often!
Whoever coined it has an ear for a good turn of phrase. Maybe I’ll see if I can track it down.