smuggling drugs

* "Senate Coverup Committee update: The Phase II report on the misuse of Iraq intelligence will not examine how “political appointees at the Pentagon deliberately distorted intelligence and subverted analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency to gin up support for the invasion.” Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) “didn’t offer a timetable” for an investigation into “activities before the war by the office of former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith.”"
outrageous. twice.

* juan cole: "Iraqi officials are concerned about a big spike in drug smuggling and use in Iraq."
i bet the american officials are concerned about iraqi's smuggling drugs. that's sposed to be the americans' turf.

* froomkin: "In this morning's Oval Office announcement , Bush hugged Card and called him a close friend while keeping Bolten at arm's length and describing him as "a man with broad experience, having worked on Capitol Hill and Wall Street and the White House staff."
But in June 2003 , upon announcing Bolten's nomination to the budget post, Bush described Bolten as "one of my closest and most trusted advisers." And their relationship has only deepened since."

* froomkin: "Bush was seated in a classroom of second graders in a Florida classroom, reading a children's book, when Card came up and whispered to him: "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack."
But quite notably, Card didn't say: Mr. President, you'd better come and do something about it. And Bush remained frozen in his seat for seven minutes."

* you won't believe this scotty said this: "MR. McCLELLAN: The world is better off because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power."
but it's true, he really said it.