Richard Cohen of the Washington Post, writes the following paragraph which may be one of the more eloquent answers to all the people who feel that Bush is being "unfairly" blamed for the Central Intelligence Agency's problems.
By all means, proceed with the independent commission. A huge mistake has been made, and we need to know why. But if for a moment we think that it was the CIA alone that took us to war, then we will have learned nothing from what happened. That would be the gravest intelligence failure of them all.
In his column today, Cohen alludes to his complicity in the march to war. It's a bit understated in my opinion, but a mea culpa from him is still honorable.
Posted by Alan at 03.02.04 12:00I thought I was beyond startlement at this point (silly me), but when I saw the spin that's being spun on this story, I actually gasped. However, the spin appears, from here, to be failing. We'll see how many news cycles until it's completely abandoned.
Posted by: becky at 04.02.04 19:04