Willful Ignorance

TOMPAINE.com: "The prewar intelligence was lousy�hardly slam-dunk material. But Bush made matters worse. He falsely characterized the intelligence, and he and his aides misused it to win support for their war. Bush has appointed a commission to study what happened with the prewar WMD intelligence. As the White House marks the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with a variety of events this week, this commission has yet to meet. And so far there is no indication that the commissioners�each handpicked by the White House�will examine how the Bush administration handled the intelligence. Perhaps they don�t believe such an investigation is necessary, because on the question of whether Bush abused the intelligence and blatantly misrepresented it, there really can be no doubt. "