While 60 Minutes interviews many interesting public officials, one that the viewers must watch with a guarded eye is Douglas Feith and his upcoming performance on the show this weekend. Feith was mostly a shadowy figure within the Administration before he tried to cash in with a book deal. Now he's making his way to the CBS weekend icon to continue to press a case that shows a rationale for going to war to prevent war.
From RawStory:
CBS's Steve Kroft asked Feith, "Why was the decision made to go after him after 9/11? Because we knew even then, he didn't have anything to do with it."
"What we did after 9/11 was to look broadly at the international terrorism network from which the next attack on the United States might come," Feith replied, "and we did not focus narrowly only on the people who were specifically responsible for 9/11. Our main goal was preventing the next attack."
While at the Pentagon, Feith led the Office of Special Plans, which has been accused of "stovepiping" intelligence during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and passing along questionable information that could help make a case for war. A 2004 report (pdf) initiated by Sen. Carl Levin found that "in the case of Iraq’s relationship with al Qaeda, intelligence was exaggerated to support Administration policy aims primarily by the Feith policy office, which was determined to find a strong connection between Iraq and al Qaeda, rather than by the [Intelligence Community], which was consistently dubious of such a connection."
That may confuse some, but it also angers many with the brashness that is the hallmark of the Bush Administration. What Feith is doing is regurgitating the same old tired talking points that those within the White House have tried use to pull the wool over Americans' eyes. Well Mr. Feith, Americans are waking up to your BS and clearly, we are seeing you for who you really are, a stovepiping liar.
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