They’re two for the books. Both are in denial and cannot be believed. Either they’re born liars
\nor they’ve learned how to lie with impunity. Or, to be charitable, they’re simply ignorant of their
\nown policies and decisions.<\/P>
\n
THE RUMMY<\/P>
\n
After a week of news stories with these headlines about the Abu Ghraib The first time he “misspoke,” on the radio, his exact words were, “I have not After an aide slipped him a note, Rummy Boy conceded that “two or three” cases of abuse THE DUMMY<\/P> After news stories this week with these headlines, “Administration Shifts on Global The story in The New York Times characterized the report to Congress as “a striking shift in
\ninterrogation-cum-torture scandal, “Inquiry Faults Intelligence Unit for Abuses at Iraqi
\nPrison”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> and
\nOffice”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> and
\nLeadership,”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> Rummy Boy had the gall to tell two separate audiences in
\nPhoenix there was no evidence that prisoners had been abused
\nduring interrogations<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>. <\/FONT><\/P>
\n
\nseen anything thus far that says that the people abused were abused in the process of interrogating
\nthem or for interrogation purposes.”<\/I> The second time, at a news conference, he
\nrepeated that and added, “all of the press, all of the television thus far that tried to link the
\nabused that took place to interrogation techniques in Iraq has not been demonstrated.”<\/I> (Italics
\nmine.)<\/P>
\n
\nhad, in fact, been found by the Army investigation. But even his correction was a
\n“mischaracterization,” to put it politely. “In fact,” according to reporter Eric Schmitt, “the Army
\ninquiry found that 13 or 44 instances of abuse involved interrogations or the interrogation
\nprocess. The [inquiry] report itself explicitly describes the extent to which each abuse involved
\ninterrogations.”<\/P>
\n
\n
\nWarming”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> and
\nNincompoop in Chief has denied the shift, then claimed ignorance of it — “Ah,
\nwe did? I don’t think so”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> — even though
\nout, and “is accompanied by a letter<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> signed
\nby Mr. Bush’s secretaries of energy and commerce and his science adviser.”<\/P>
\n
\nthe way the Bush administration has portrayed the science of climate change … indicating that
\nemissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are the only likely explanation for
\nglobal warming over the last three decades.” The Washington Post was more modest, saying
\nmerely that the report “goes further than previous statements by President Bush.” <\/P>
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