More evidence that the wheels are starting to come off George’s little red wagon. Oh, if only someone would fix it, but that’ll have to wait until Inauguration Day 2008.
Larry Wilkerson gave an amazing interview on yesterday’s Morning Edition show on National Public Radio. How did I miss this the first time? Steve Inskeep sounds both incredulous and excited. It’s about the “White House cabal” that not only manipulated the intelligence in favor of war, and ignore the intel against it. Not only that, he claims that the Vice President’s office was ultimately responsible for the relaxation of prisoner treatment guidelines. Not only that, the Veep’s staff supposedly reads other White House staffers emails and National Security Council staff emails…and generally makes sure that what comes out is what the Veep wants out, not necessarily what the President wants coming out. And also… that what the Veep doesn’t want to know about intelligence that doesn’t go his way. Ohhhh, my.
There are several bombshells in the National Public Radio interview, but now I see there was something on PBS:
Online NewsHour: Wilkerson Raises Questions About Iraq War Planning — November 4, 2005
After the interview with Wilkerson, there’s a very interesting analysis between David Corn (The Nation) and Randy Schuenemann (who used to be the point guy in Washington for the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and consulted on Iraq to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and is now a private consultant).
Corn brings up some good points. Schuenemann is unable to refute them without resorting to ad hominem attacks, blameshifting to other government or military bodies, and the moderator, Margaret Warner, righteously smacks him around a couple of times for not answering the question.
Oh, thank God for public broadcasting.
