Tenet lied
George Tenet "took responsibility" for the African uranium lie. But a Bush aide took it back
And, of course, Bush retains confidence in him. Bush retains confidence in anyone who takes the blame for him. That's what he has confidence in.
Sheesh.
LATER: Check these quotes from the Yahoo! News report on this:
"The high standards the president set were not met," [Stephen] Hadley, [President Bush's deputy national security adviser] said. He said he apologized to the president on Monday.
The high standards Colin Powell set were met. That's what happens when a leader takes responsibility for the accuracy of his statements.
The controversial passage citing a British intelligence report "should have been taken out of the State of the Union," Hadley said. He said he was taking responsibility on behalf of the White House staff just as Tenet had for the CIA.
The difference is the guy who runs the CIA took responsibility. The guy who runs the White House (Cheney?) didn't.
The White House presented Hadley's apology on a day when public attention on Iraq was focused on the killing of Saddam's sons Odai and Qusai.
Possibly an error. Maybe just the habit of releasing information at the same time as a distraction.
In the whole story, only one quote rings true to my ears.
"First they blamed the Brits. Then CIA Director George Tenet walked the plank. Now the White House is dragging (Hadley) forward to take the fall for the president's bogus claim," said Tony Welch, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee
posted by Prometheus 6 at 7/22/2003 07:00:19 PM |
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