Monday, April 25, 2005

 

A headline on MSNBC just now:

CIA’s final report: No WMD found in Iraq
Recommends freeing detainees held for weapons knowledge

In 92 pages posted online Monday evening, [head of the CIA's Iraq Survey Group Charles]Duelfer provides a final look at an investigation that occupied over 1,000 military and civilian translators, weapons specialists and other experts at its peak. His latest addenda conclude a roughly 1,500-page report released last fall.

On Monday, Duelfer said there is no purpose in keeping many of the detainees who are in custody because of their knowledge on Iraq’s weapons, although he did not provide any details about the current number. A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the ultimate decision on their release will be made by the Iraqi authorities.

Translation? "Remember that Iraqi whose nuts you put in a vise, and he told you there were WMDs buried 20 miles outside of Mosul? Well, you can cut him loose from Abu Ghraib now -- we turned over every rock anywhere near Mosul, and no WMDs.

"How were we to know that guy's confession was unreliable?"

When the history of the Keystone Crips who run this administration finally sees the light of day, and is examined closely, its progress will resemble an all-out sprint between criminality and incompetence, to see which will cross the finish line first. My bet is on incompetence.

posted by Michael 8:03 PM