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In case you missed it ... Frank Rich reams Woodward and the media for "fiddling while Iraq burns."

The Meaningless Debate Over the Latest National Intelligence Estimate
By Frank Rich
The New York Times

"... The facts of Iraq are not in dispute. But the truth is that facts don’t matter anyway to this administration, and that’s what makes this whole N.I.E. debate beside the point. From the start, honest information has never figured into the prosecution of this war. The White House doesn’t care about intelligence, good or bad, classified or unclassified, because it believes it knows best, regardless of what anyone else has to say. The debate over the latest N.I.E. or any yet to leak will not alter that fundamental and self-destructive operating principle. That’s the truly bad news...."

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