( OT ) It's all the CIA's fault
 

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason...lve/print.html

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April 2, 2005 | For anyone who was astonished when George W. Bush
decorated George Tenet with the Medal of Freedom, an explanation has
arrived at last. With yesterday's release of the final report of the
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States
Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, the former CIA director and his
loyal subordinates have been permanently designated official scapegoats
for the falsifications that led to war in Iraq two years ago.

To blame the intelligence community for those blatant falsehoods is to
absolve the rest of the Bush administration of any responsibility for
the disasters that followed. Appointed a year ago by Bush, the
intelligence panel's conclusions were hardly unexpected. Unlike the 9/11
Commission, this panel was a creature of the president rather than
Congress. It was placed under the control of Judge Laurence H.
Silberman, a reliable, aggressive and determined Bush advocate.

On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:47:13 GMT, "jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason...lve/print.html

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April 2, 2005 | For anyone who was astonished when George W. Bush
decorated George Tenet with the Medal of Freedom, an explanation has
arrived at last. With yesterday's release of the final report of the
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States
Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, the former CIA director and his
loyal subordinates have been permanently designated official scapegoats
for the falsifications that led to war in Iraq two years ago.

To blame the intelligence community for those blatant falsehoods is to
absolve the rest of the Bush administration of any responsibility for
the disasters that followed. Appointed a year ago by Bush, the
intelligence panel's conclusions were hardly unexpected. Unlike the 9/11
Commission, this panel was a creature of the president rather than
Congress. It was placed under the control of Judge Laurence H.
Silberman, a reliable, aggressive and determined Bush advocate.


Jump on him, Chuck!

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John H

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