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<text id=91TT0642>
<title>
Mar. 25, 1991: Schwarzkopf vs. The Spooks
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Mar. 25, 1991 Boris Yeltsin:Russia's Maverick
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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GRAPEVINE, Page 13
Schwarzkopf vs. The Spooks
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<p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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<p> In the final days of the gulf war, General Norman
Schwarzkopf had to fend off sniper fire from an unexpected
front: defense intelligence analysts based in Washington. Both
the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency thought
Schwarzkopf's bomb-damage assessments in the final stage of the
air campaign were inflated as much as 50%. Though Schwarzkopf
based his information on firsthand pilot reports as well as
satellite photos, the Beltway desk jockeys were convinced that
Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery were in
far better shape than field commanders claimed and could
inflict great damage in ground combat. Bush Administration
officials were so irritated by the continuing bureaucratic
controversy that they reprimanded CIA chief William Webster at
a White House session for letting his people publicly undermine
Schwarzkopf's figures.
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