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...purpose of the Sept. 11 commission is to determine exactly how sloppy detective work, weak executive oversight and a series of intelligence failures let the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon happen more than two years ago. This is such an essential aim that the panel should have access to whatever—and whomever—it wishes with as few restrictions as possible to effectively gauge the circumstances surrounding the terrorist attacks. In the end, the panel will have to submit a report of its findings to the American people explaining where and how their...
...prevailing militarily against the estimated 150,000 Coalition troops currently in Iraq. They're no match in a conventional confrontation, but insurgencies are won and lost in the hearts and minds of the local population, and on that front the battle may be too close to call. The Pentagon's move this week to reinforce its troop levels in Iraq by delaying the return of some 25,000 troops due to have been cycled out underscores the extent to which new instability in the Shiite south adds to the burden on the already stretched combat resources available to Coalition commanders...
...past few months there have been signs that the NSC has become more central to at least one crucial area of policy. Since last fall, the council has had responsibilities for coordination between Washington and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq--in effect supplanting the Pentagon. Rice speaks at 6:30 every morning to Paul (Jerry) Bremer, the U.S. proconsul in Baghdad, and--augmented by experienced operators like Robert Blackwill, her top staff member on Iraq--has taken the lead in working through tough issues like the Iraqi constitution draft...
...congressional audit recently found that the system is largely unproved and its technical challenges "remain significant." A senior Pentagon official told Congress last week that one of the missile shield's key satellite systems will cost more and take longer to get into orbit than planned. A day later, 49 retired U.S. military generals and admirals, including William Crowe, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged President Bush to delay building the system until the bugs are worked out. Among other things, no one knows whether the system will work at night or in bad weather...
...time when Bush is drawing fire for not adequately protecting the nation against 9/11, deploying the missile shield may be a political necessity. The Administration insists that 9/11 points up the threat posed by rogue states working with terrorists. The Pentagon's missile-defense chief, Lieut. General Ron Kadish, told Congress that the antimissile program "is structured to deal with the enormity and complexity of the task...