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...call the critics of the “lovely draperies” insensible, arguing that extravagant furnishings for an executive office is an example of “where superfluous spending is surely good for us all.” The message advanced is clear: fiscal responsibility, a fundamental tenet of Republicanism and conservatism, can be sidestepped in order to promote the warped idea that “To pamper your leader is in no way demeaning to those who are underneath him.” When it comes to campus issues, the ideological divide is even starker. The March...
...shows, Rice more or less took the same approach as before, telling Bob Schieffer on CBS' Face The Nation, "The sad fact of how all this has gotten talked about is that there was a problem with intelligence." As for whether "slam-dunk" had been a device for scapegoating Tenet and the CIA, Rice demurred, but added, "Yes, George said it, but we all thought the intelligence was strong...
...fairness of the blame game where Tenet was his most forceful in his interview with TIME. Drawing a distinction between the CIA and the White House, he said: "So here's what I'll say: we stand up and take responsibility when we're wrong. I have priority responsibility on WMD. Let's not shirk our responsibility. What's your responsibility? What's your responsibility? I find it to be disingenuous to say, "let's let it all on them when it goes wrong...
...surprises: it is in many ways an unabashed love letter to the CIA. Officers are praised for their wisdom and energy at every turn; even in the agency's worst moments - as when it failed to sufficiently alert the FBI about two 9/11 hijackers in the country in 2001 - Tenet is unable to find much fault with his troops...
...does Tenet have many - hardly any, really - discouraging words about President Bush, who gave Tenet the Presidential Medal of Freedom despite (or perhaps,in part, because) of all the backstabbing and finger-pointing that went on between the CIA and his own West Wing. One of the few times Bush appears in the book is when he finds time to comfort Tenet's son, who is discouraged by all the criticism of his father in the press...