Out Of Control In Iraq

This is a real Hobson's choice in terms of adding troops or reducing troops. The Bush administration has really done no planning for post-war, and they're now in a post-war situation that is out of control.

Between the Lines - Audio.

Former CIA analyst Mel Goodman: Well, the strongest adherents of the idea that there might be a civil war, interestingly enough, are the CIA people on the ground in Iraq. Now over the past year, it's been done quietly, but there have been three different station chiefs -- because as each CIA station chief, he is the leading CIA official, comparable to say the American ambassador who represents the president of the United States. As they continue to predict the possibility of civil war suddenly they're replaced and a new CIA station chief goes out. The third one is there now in less than ten months, he too, believes that we're headed into a civil war situation.

Paul Bremer, the leading American official on the ground, is very pessimistic in private, he's putting up a brave front in public, but his reporting back to Washington, I'm told is extremely pessimistic. Now there's a great debate going on in Washington about whether or not we can really turn over authority on the 30th of June.