The content of the report is dramatic enough, but its provenance is interesting, too. It was commissioned by Andrew Marshall, whom the Observer calls "a Pentagon legend who heads a secretive think-tank dedicated to weighing risks to national security called the Office of Net Assessment. Dubbed 'Yoda' by Pentagon insiders who respect his vast experience, he is credited with being behind the Department of Defence's push on ballistic-missile defence." Translation: this guy is on Bush's side -- and even he is freaking out.
Doherty goes so far as to call the release an: "extraordinary act by a senior Defense Department official imply[ing] high-level recognition that the Bush administration's resistance to the near global consensus on climate change is a threat to national security itself."
"Can Bush ignore the Pentagon? It's going be hard to blow off this sort of document. Its hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority is national defence. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon."

The bill introduced last week would include acts of terrorism under existing law that makes it illegal to "speak, utter, or print" statements in support of anarchy or government overthrow.

In the most direct appeal, the Bush administration called specifically on Syria to allow international inspections of suspected WMD facilities as well as dismantle weaponry. The administration said Syria's WMD program has become a major obstacle toward better relations with the United States.