Why the DCI?

In a widely reported story about the Niger-yellowcake line in the State of the Union address, Condoleezza Rice is quoted as saying:

"The C.I.A. cleared the speech in its entirety.''   "If the C.I.A. - the director of Central Intelligence - had said, 'Take this out of the speech,' it would have been gone.'

But she could have just as easily said:

"The Vice President's office cleared the speech in its entirety.''   "If the Vice President's office - Dick Cheney - had said, 'Take this out of the speech,' it would have been gone.'

George Tenet, watch out. They're after you.

posted by Quiddity at 7/11/2003 12:25:00 PM