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Donald Rumsfeld slipped and spoke the truth again yesterday during a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
"To my knowledge," the Secretary of Defense said of a possible connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, "I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two."
It may come as no suprise to you to learn that today he's furiously trying to disassociate himself from that outburst of honesty.
Rumsfeld's not the only Bushie who got caught with his pants up yesterday.
"We paid a big price for not stopping [looting] because it established an atmosphere of lawlessness," said Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, administrator for the U.S.-led occupation government until the handover of political power on June 28, yesterday. "We never had enough troops on the ground."
Bremer was speaking for a fee at an annual meeting sponsored by the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers.
Bremer claims that he thought he was speaking off the record, but that raises another question in my mind: Should an administration official accept payment to share information and opinions with private groups that he's unwilling to reveal to the electorate for free?
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