Most Americans think Dick Cheney is up to his ears in the Plame leak and that he lied about intelligence on Iraq prior to the invasion in order to mislead the country into supporting the war. 52% of Americans think Cheney “was part of a cover-up to try to prevent the special prosecutor from getting to the truth about who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame’s name to the news media,” according to a Newsweek poll conducted on November 10-11. Only 27% think Cheney wasn’t part of a coverup; 21% are unsure. More than one in five Republicans (23%) think Cheney is involved. . . . → Read More: The bell tolls for Cheney in the polls
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The invasion of Iraq and the consequent damage done to our military, primarily the Army and Army National Guard, raises a fundamental question that no one seems to be addressing, at least not publicly and in detail: what is the Army for? What are its fundamental purposes, and how do we configure it to meet those purposes, and how do we refrain from commiting it to purposes for which it isn’t suited and that are ultimately corrosive? . . . → Read More: What’s the Army for? 62 Congressional representatives, led by Democrat Lynn Woolsey, have sent a letter to president Bush outlining a four-point therapeutic intervention for the administration’s dysfunctional Iraq policy. The group includes one Republican, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. . . . → Read More: Democrats have a plan for Iraq The Bush administration, and Republicans in gerneral have made national security their defining theme since 911, but as is so often the case, the record belies the rhetoric. On almost every front — foreign policy, the military, intelligence, even security related domestic issues such as the deficit — the administration have made the country less secure, not more. . . . → Read More: Worst national security administration ever Today, I asked both Press Secretary Scott McClellan and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley about recent reports that the Italian government was involved in the Iraq-Niger hoax. . . . → Read More: White House denies “Italian Connection” to phony Iraq-Niger intelligence |
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The White House bites back: even the lies are tortured now
The White House sent out a press release Sunday entitled “Setting the Record Straight” to address accusations that the administration distorted and cherry-picked intelligence in service of selling the Iraq war. The document begins by noting that the Robb-Silverman commission report concluded that the administration didn’t pressure intelligence agencies and analysts to tell the president and others what they wanted to hear, and ends, curiously, with a quote from the UK’s Butler Committee report on Tony Blair’s use of intelligence. That’s right: They’re resorting to the Blair Fallback, in which even if you don’t trust Bush, you can’t help but trust Tony Blair, who is articulate and has that delightfully authoritative public school accent. . . . → Read More: The White House bites back: even the lies are tortured now