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... though I'm sure it's not out of the minds of any here, with regards to the gushing praise for W's "adult" leadership on Security and Defense, these mature experienced individuals not only led a ramping up of US imperial militarism and eradication of privacy rights at home, but also disregarded (willfully?) the numerous indicators that preceded the largest terrorist attack ever on US soil... Whoops!
Condoleeza apparently figured that the whole "Bin Laden determined to strike in the US" memo was irrelevant since it was composed in Crayola; it was clearly written by some bratty children leftover in the NSA from the Clinton years! Can't let such foolishness get in the way of adult business, like draping marble breasts to eliminate the rampant indecent exposure threat posed by our domestic judicial statuary.
While I'm at it, in light of ondelette's post, I'd love to see what Glenn can dig up with regards to the Gates pardon. Some have said that the incoming administration was throwing a bone to the left, with Brennan's (presumably forced) withdrawal from the running for Security/Intelligence positions coming suspiciously in tandem with the confirmation that Gates would be the Defense nominee. I don't know just how tasty Brennan's bone was, but I can't imagine it's tasty enough to preoccupy and deflect critics of Gates for the next month and a half.
Holder seems most problematic with regards to his lockstep adhesion to draconian War On Drugs policy and his choice to arbitrate/bargain down the cost of human life on behalf of the warlords at Chiquita, but these problems won't be a problem with congressional Republicans.
