Trump is making US intelligence parrot his line on Iran – we’ve been here before

Tailoring assessments to suit political prejudices undermines their very function and led us to the Iraq war

In the run-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, journalists covering the preparations for war became familiar with the concept of stovepiping".

The term described the tactic of pushing intelligence to key political decision makers, bypassing checks and balances within the system.