[KJC1]

It's a good question because the doctrine of preemption is one of the most defining and precedent-shattering elements of the Bush canon. The apparently sorry state of the U.S. intelligence apparatus makes it entirely unclear whether the doctrine is still in effect -- and under what circumstances it could again be called into service.

The WaPo's agenda is showing again.

[Callahan]

They make me sick. What do they think this is? Some sort of parlor game? A bunch of psychos are trying to kill us. Of course we're going to reserve the right to get them before they get us.