Well, I just LOVED the brand spanking new story the White House came up with yesterday as to how those 16 little words made their way into the State of the Union address.

Since nobody was buying that it was all George Tenet's fault, the White House yesterday made the announcement (conveniently overlooked by most because of the Saddam's sons story), just hours after they (the White House) were alerted by the CIA to the existence of a memo sent to Bush's deputy national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, on Oct. 6. In addition to that little revelation, the White House also announced that Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, on Friday night last, discovered another memo from the CIA, dated Oct. 5, also expressing doubts about the Africa claims.

They say that Gerson and Hadley apparently just forgot about the pesky details about those Niger uranium claims that had been made clear, repeatedly, by the CIA last October. Imagine that! They "just forgot" about that information. I suppose like the White House, Pentagon, and CIA "just forgot" to correct the State of Union 16 little words AFTER the fact too.

Bush ain't the guy runnin' this show. It's the Cheney Rumsfeld government, being directed by Daddy Bush and his cronies from Daddy's days as head of the CIA, VP & Pres. Just like Reagan was the dubious dupe in the 1980s, Dubya is the dubious dupe today. But there is no mistaking who is in charge of all this, and it ain't Dubya.


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