Monday, May 08, 2006

The Intelligence Business

How can the Rethugs deny that Bushite lies, leading to war , were and are extremely imporatnt? It is illegal to lie to the American people and to Congress about something as serious as taking the country to war.

It is anti-democracy to lie to the people of a democracy.

Can't something be done about a Senator who will not do his damn job?

Old "Cover-up" Roberts just keeps on procrastinating.

The Intelligence Business - New York Times:

"We've been waiting for well over two years for the Senate Intelligence Committee to finally hold the Bush administration accountable for the fairy tales it told about Saddam Hussein's weapons. Republican leaders keep saying it is a waste of time to find out whether President Bush and other top officials deliberately misled the world. But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's bizarre responses the other day to questions about that very issue were a timely reminder of why this investigation needs to be completed promptly, thoroughly and fairly.

Unfortunately, Pat Roberts, the chairman of the Senate panel, is running it in a way that makes it unlikely that anything useful will come of it.

It is bad enough that Mr. Rumsfeld and others did not tell Americans the full truth - to take the best-case situation - before the war. But they are still doing it. Just look at the profoundly twisted version of events that the defense secretary offered last week at a public event in Atlanta."

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