[dalight]

I was stunned to hear how they were saying that Rumsfield was being evil and manipulative because he wouldn't leave THE CIA IN CHARGE OF COMBAT OPERATIONS IN AFGANISTAN?????? OMG! This program was a rogues gallery of the CIA officers who Porter Goss gave the boot.

The point of the special CIA good. The elected administration.. venal screw ups scheming to control the policy and armed forces of the United States. HUH?

[n-tres-ted]

I saw it the same way you describe. And did they ever overcook their assertion that Rummy and the Pentagon got caught with their pants down when the president wanted to act promptly against Afghanistan. The book I mentioned, "The Hunt for Bin Laden," said the Central Command wanted something like six months to prepare, but a Special Ops colonel said we can do it now. So the president went with the SO operation.