Flutterby™! : Independent data

Interesting... A theory that the reason that Germany and France didn't sign on to the Iraq war was that they had independent satellite imagery and had independent intelligence, where the British depended on U.S. propaganda.

Via Metafilter.

And while we're looking for historical ways that the CIA has fucked up big-time, this MeFi entry runs down the recent de-classification that the CIA was behind the 1953 coup in Iran.

Meanwhile, we watch Egypt and Syria...