http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11263-2004May8.html" CIA chief George Tenet assured President Bush that it would be a "slam dunk" to prove that Saddam Hussein threatened us with weapons of mass destruction. The weapons weren't there.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld learned in January of credible allegations of abuse of detainees at an American military prison near Baghdad. When he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday, Rumsfeld candidly admitted that he did not recognize the explosive potential of the scandal and did not alert either the president or Congress to its calamitous worldwide effects. His military partner, Gen. Richard B. Myers, asked CBS to delay putting the stomach-turning pictures on the air, but Rumsfeld remained inert.
The first failure utterly undercut the original justification for waging war on Iraq -- the need to preempt another horrendous attack on the United States or its allies. The second failure seriously compromises the backup rationale -- the claim that we would provide a lesson in lawful democracy for a country that had known only abuse of power and police brutality.
Despite these twin failures by those on whom he has relied for military and intelligence advice, President Bush has expressed continued support for them and given no sign that he is about to replace either one. "
When Broder gives up on a Repuke administration, he lets you know.
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