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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23204-2004Dec23.html?
Intelligence Gap Hinders U.S. in Iraq
(Washington Post)Walter Pincus - While insurgents in Iraq have placed informants inside the Iraqi government, the U.S. and Iraqi militaries, coalition contractors, and international news organizations, the U.S. is having serious intelligence problems in Iraq, according to sources inside and outside the U.S. government. The CIA and the U.S. military were slow to start creating intelligence networks in Iraq and have had trouble developing informants because of death threats to Iraqis and their families should they get involved.