On That NIE Assessment

It apparently shows a consensus within the US intelligence community that the war in Iraq has made the country less safe from terrorist threats. Some will say the intelligence community got it wrong when it came to WMDs in Iraq and is therefore not to be trusted. Others will say that whenever officials say things their bosses don't want to hear--like the intelligence community telling the Bush Administration that the war in Iraq has harmed national security, their word is more to be believed.

What do you think?

And, by the way, how did this thing leak?

UPDATE: There's an extensive discussion of the NIE (and the NYTimes) in comments on Althouse's blog.