AP analysis: Bush faces risks in supporting-or opposing-investigation

[huckleberry]

TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
Saturday, January 31, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A full-blown investigation of Iraq intelligence failures would pose election-year risks for President Bush. No one could be certain where it would lead, who it would touch or what it would uncover.

But resisting an investigation has hazards, too, because that would give Democratic presidential rivals an opening to keep the issue alive and question what the White House might be hiding.

A bipartisan proposal for an independent investigation is blossoming into a prominent issue on the presidential campaign trail and on Capitol Hill. The issue moved to the fore when former chief U.S. weapons inspector David Kay said he believed Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and Bush's decision to go to war was based on inaccurate intelligence.

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Kay's recent comments have created another major headache for an administration already being investigated for the leak of an undercover CIA employee's name, and for mistakes that some say may have left the nation vulnerable to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

more at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/31/national1011EST0516.DTL

[Atman]

1. I guess he shouldn't have lied.

Now he can pay the price, just like actual human beings have to.

Personal responsibility, the GOP mantra. Karmic redistribution. Whatevva. He's up to his pointy little Adam's apple in it. And to think, he could have just told the truth. Imagine that.

[ixion]

4. if he would have told the truth

he wouldn't have gotten his ugly little war. Now he is paying the price for deceit: facing the truth.

[jbfam4]

2. thanks for posting

It totally boggles my mind how many investigations are going on in this administration that paints itself so perfect. Guess that's what happens when you restore " honer and dignity " to the white house.

Maybe * should have included honesty in his restoration plans.

[MikeG]

3. We should save time and money -They'll cover it up.