“As Mark Mazzetti noted as he broke the story in the New York Times [on September 24, 2006], ‘The [National Intelligence] Estimate’s judgments confirm some predictions of a National Intelligence Council report completed in January 2003, two months before the Iraq invasion,’ stating that ‘the approaching war had the potential to increase support for political Islam worldwide and could increase support for some terrorist objectives.’ ”
– Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Pages 479-480