Is Petraeus 'Fixing the Intelligence and Facts Around the Po

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Is Petraeus 'Fixing the Intelligence and Facts Around the Policy'?« Thread Started on Aug 28, 2007, 2:00pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Is Petraeus 'Fixing the Intelligence and Facts Around the Policy'?Submitted by Bob Fertik on August 28, 2007 - 11:18am. Yes he is, according to the Pentagon Post:read at source> http://www.democrats.com/petraeus-fixin ... d-factsThe NIE [National Intelligence Estimate], requested by the White House Iraq coordinator, Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, in preparation for the testimony, met with resistance from U.S. military officials in Baghdad, according to a senior U.S. military intelligence officer there. Presented with a draft of the conclusions, Petraeus succeeded in having the security judgments softened to reflect improvements in recent months, the official said. What "improvements"??? According to the AP, Iraq is suffering about double the number of war-related deaths throughout the country compared with last year - an average daily toll of 33 in 2006, and 62 so far this year. So how is this an improvement? Petraeus says U.S. focus on bringing security to Baghdad has reduced its share of daily murders from 76% in January to 52% in July