From the testimony thus far presented. it appears to the subcommittee that a reasonably competent job was done by the intelligence community in acquiring and collecting intelligence information and data. We found also. however. that faulty intelligence evaluation of the data. coupled with the philosophical conviction of the intelligence officials that it would be contrary to Soviet policy to introduce strategic missiles into Cuba. resulted in some intelligence judgments and evaluations which later proved to be erroneous. A factor which contributed to the faulty evaluations was the tendency of the intelligence community to downgrade and discount the reports of Cuban refugees and exiles. (At this point Mr. INOUYE took the chair as Presiding Officer.)
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