2008-02-10 Army stifles critique of postwar Iraq planning
<hide> <let name=data index=Date>2008-02-10}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\Bush II administration secrecy\US military\US-Iraq War\RAND Corporation}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\Bush II administration secrecy\US military\US-Iraq War\RAND Corporation}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/350803_military11.html}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/350803_military11.html}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CArmy stifles critique of postwar Iraq planning}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Army stifles critique of postwar Iraq planning}}{{#vardefine:Text|“The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret. .. That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the Army by the RAND Corp., a federally financed center that conducts research for the military.” (And much making of lame excuses ensued.)}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret. .. That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the Army by the RAND Corp., a federally financed center that conducts research for the military.” (And much making of lame excuses ensued.)}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}