What Are They Hiding Now?

....as if we didn't know.

This reminds me of a speech given by Bush during the 2004 campaign.

In the speech Bush was, as usual, talking about why over-throwing Saddam was the right thing to do.

While I cannot remember the exact quote, it was about how Saddam had not been forthconing with the U.N. weapons inspectors, the very same weapons inspectors whom Bush had said, on no less than three occassions, Saddam had not allowed into Iraq. Of course, they were there. They had to leave to keep from getting their asses blown off by shock and awe.

Bush said something to the effect that because Saddam wasn't being cooperative, he, Bush, believed that Saddam was hidin' somethin' and that he wanted to know what Saddam was hidin'.

My jaw almost hit the floor, because that is exactly how we all felt about him and Cheney.

Saddam, as much of a cruel, nasty bastard as he was, was, at that time, an open book compared to Bush and Cheney.

The projection of this administration is nothing less that stunning.

BellSouth - POLITICS & ELECTIONS:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.

The Bush administration didn't reveal the existence of the memorandum of understanding until last fall. The White House is using it to deal with a legal problem on a separate front, a ruling by a federal judge ordering the production of Secret Service logs identifying visitors to the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.

In a federal appeals court filing three weeks ago, the administration's lawyers used the memo in a legal argument aimed at overturning the judge's ruling. The Washington Post is suing for access to the Secret Service logs.

The five-page document dated May 17 declares that all entry and exit data on White House visitors belongs to the White House as presidential records rather than to the Secret Service as agency records. Therefore, the agreement states, the material is not subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.