Yearly Archives: 2004

Hutton Report Perspective

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Perry de Havilland has it about right:

The only thing astonishing about the Hutton report…is that so many people are astonished that a paragon of the establishment like Lord Hutton should take the view that whatever the government�s ministers say should be presumed to be correct whilst that of mere journalists, even those working for the state owned media, should be assumed to be dissembling.
Did anyone seriously think the outcome would be otherwise?

The entire report in HTML format is here. The PDF version did not download properly.

History according to w

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Both Tim Dunlop and Atrios point to this article (click through the free pass) where Joe Conason talks about w’s apparent confusion about Iraq inspections:

The president was fantasizing again this afternoon about the circumstances that led to war — and if his remarks at his press conference with the Polish president are to be taken seriously, he also seems badly confused about his Iraqi timeline.

Surely no one who has listened to bush for the last 3 years is surprised when he says stuff like this. He might even really believe he is telling the truth….