* NYT ed:
"Mr. Bush did not declassify the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq — in any accepted sense of that word — when he authorized I. Lewis Libby Jr., through Vice President Dick Cheney, to talk about it with reporters. He permitted a leak of cherry-picked portions of the report... Even a president cannot wave a wand and announce that an intelligence report is declassified...* Gen Quag Myers on the Sunday chats (apparently standing up for Rumsfeld) - 'if you criticise Rumsfeld, you are also criticizing the Commander-in-Chief' - bwahahaha
This messy episode leaves more questions than answers, so it is imperative that two things happen soon. First, the federal prosecutor in the Libby case should release the transcripts of what Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney said when he questioned them. And the Senate Intelligence Committee must report publicly on how Mr. Bush and his team used the flawed intelligence on Iraq. "
* "TONY Blair has told George Bush that Britain cannot offer military support to any strike on Iran, regardless of whether the move wins the backing of the international community, government sources claimed yesterday." (link)
* question: i've noticed in the non-am press recently that they often use the term 'neocons' - do we see that regularly in the mainstream am-press?
2 comments:
I really hope that Britain doesn't help Bush with a strike on Iran. Iran is becoming a worse and worse situation every day. Maybe Bush will decide against violence if he doesn't have that much support... hopefully...
the leak from Bush is despicable and should be grounds for impeachment. although, it was supposedly a legal leak and he probably can't be impeached...the american people should still hear about it. They have a right to know what their commander in chief is doing, and they probably don;t even know who skooter libby is.
ellie - i wish you were right - but it's difficult to imagine Bush deciding against violence - in fact, by many accounts, the war has already started.
i agree that most people dont know who scooter libby is - but i think most people seem to understand that outing a CIA agent is bad. let's hope fitz bags himself a few name politicians in the near future.
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