CIA: Kim Jong Un isn't crazy

Rather than do this subjective back and forth that I don't think either of us is going to budge on I'll respond to the one thing that is objective fact here:

They didn't "admit" that about Iraq until after the fact I believe

The report became declassified after the fact, but the report given to the administration (while classified) was always that prior to the invasion (that there wasn't enough intelligence to substantiate an invasion was necessary etc). The Bush administration just didn't listen to it and overstated the threat to get the invasion they wanted, but the CIA's report was always there wasn't enough proof to go do it and it would be foolish to do so, since they don't push for anything unless there's actually relatively conclusive evidence, which there never was for the Iraq WMD situation.

The report was classified initially for the same reason they aren't saying what their intelligence is on Kim Jong-un not being crazy right now, because it would compromise the Clandestine Services agents in Iraq since Iraq could start piecing together how that intelligence was gathered.

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