Archive for December, 2007

Intelligence, Nuclear Proliferation, Preventive War, Public Argument

Gordon Mitchell

Words of Estimative Probability in the New Iran NIE

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell released yesterday the summary of a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) assessing Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities.

Since key judgments in the report are in tension with several of the Bush administration’s key premises underlying its bellicose Iran policy, release of the new …

University of Pittsburgh

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  • Question for Karl Rove about Negotiations with Iran

    This question was generated by student Group E in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.

    In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]

  • Question for Karl Rove about the Bush Library

    This question was generated by student Group C in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.

    In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]

  • Question for Karl Rove about Iran’s Nuclear Program

    This question was generated by student Group F in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.

    In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]

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