[Lancey Howard]

This was an excellent example of how policy should be made. Several times, principals—Rice and Hadley, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, CIA Director Michael Hayden, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace and Vice President Cheney—trooped over to the president’s living room in the residence section of the White House to have it out before him, answer his questions, and see what additional information he sought.

Whew... A reminder of when grownups were in charge.

[FreedomPoster]

That is the exactly thought that was going through my mind while reading this whole article. Now think of the players involved in such a meeting today.

Yikes.