[Iwo Jima]

Exactly, like an administration defending itself is unheard of (Clinton never did that, did he?)

What is so insidious is that if I am correct, Cheney's briefer went to him preplanned to present information that Cheney would naturally ask to be checked out. Then, the whole preplanned scenario was triggered.

If Cheney can't trust his briefer not to be setting him up for a fall, then just how can he work with the CIA? The fact is that he cannot, and the CIA likes it that way.

So my questions are: what was the CIA's primary objective? And why do they hate Cheney that much?

[Howlin]

Here is the New Republic's slant on a few things we're talking about:

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:hrf09dqFCEsJ:www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi%3D20030630%26s%3Dackermanjudis063003+Cheney+didn%27t+pressure+intelligence&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us


It's full of crap, but gives enough nuggets about how the intelligence agencies work to be worth muddling through. I'm guessing they get a lot of that inside information from the likes of Wilson and Ray McGovern, who I believe is a traitor.