Not only will the White House write the report on Iraq, but now they want General Patraeus and General Crocker to testify in PRIVATE to a select committee and then delivered to Congress by the secretaries of Defense and State. In other words not only will the White House spin the report, they don’t even want the Generals to be heard outside closed doors.
They must be expecting really bad news, otherwise they would have these guys on every news program in the country. I expect that the Senate and House will balk at this latest ploy, but who knows? Already there are rumblings that a secret meeting will not be met with approval. In accordance with the war funding legislation the testimony and reports are to be public, so this may be a trial balloon by the Bush folks to see if there will be resistance.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) has already told the White House that the presentation plan was unacceptable. Let’s hope more resistance is in the offing. If the Bush White House filters the report, it will be all hearts and flowers, and full of half-truths and lies. I trust the Generals will tell the truth and that is why they need to appear in person.
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