After the intelligence community released its NIE that concluded Iran had halted its nuclear program in 2003, conservatives have generated a host of conspiracy theories. The intelligence community is “trying to — once again — influence our national elections,” said right-wing blog Strata-Sphere. Neoconservative Norman Podhoretz said that the intel officials may have tried to sabotage President Bush.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/thompson-nie/