The New York Times reports that nowhere in the National Intelligence Estimate is there evidence to support President Bush’s claim that the country is winning the war on terror. Democrats have called for the White House to declassify the entire NIE. Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman said there was a second NIE focused purely on Iraq. Harman said, “I hear it paints a grim picture. And because it does, I am told it is being held until after the November elections.” President Clinton’s former national security aide P.J. Crowley said the Iraq invasion has helped Al Qaeda and other fundamentalists.

• P.J. Crowley: “They now have a new training ground, a new rallying point, a new recruiting tool, and because of the occupation or perceived occupation in Iraq, you’re seeing the al Qaeda movement shift from being a relatively small closely knit cadre of veterans from wars in Egypt and wars in Afghanistan, to almost like a global movement.”