Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker are before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning, and are still on opening statements. As they reiterated their statements, I noticed something in Petraeus’ description of the credibility of his methodology for sectarian attacks and civilian casualties. Here’s how Petraeus describd his “rigorous, consistent data collection and analysis:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179936