jimmy carter said "There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq recently. That was a war based on lies and misinterpretations from London and from Washington..."

(mr ed): this story isnt getting *any* press in the US for some reason... i thuoght expresidents were glorified...

the wsj in its wisdom did mention the interview: "The man's gall knows no bounds."

Scheduled to testify on Tuesday are Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, as well as their counterparts in the Clinton administration, Madeleine Albright and William Cohen. Scheduled to testify on Wednesday are CIA Director George Tenet; Samuel Berger, former assistant to Clinton for national security affairs; and Clarke. The commission announced Monday that Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage also will testify Wednesday to beef up the administration's position on counterterrorism.

"To date, no one in government--not a single government official--has been held directly accountable for the apparent and as yet unexplained simultaneous, massive, across-the-board failure of every single defensive and intelligence measure this country had established," Hence said.

Citizens Watch also launched an advertising campaign Monday demanding that Bush, Cheney, Clinton, Gore and Rice testify publicly under oath before the commission.

The commission has not decided yet whether to accept Bush's offer for a limited meeting. Some commission members and the families' committee want Bush to testify publicly under oath. Other high-ranking officials, such as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and CIA Director George Tenet, have agreed to testify publicly before the full commission during a two-day session in late March.