WH: The president takes responsibility for Feith's office "manipulating" Iraq intel

[sabra]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/09/iraq/main2452482.shtml

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Gimble responded that at issue was that the information supplied by Feith's office in briefings to the National Security Council and the office of Vice President Dick Cheney was "provided without caveats" that there were varying opinions on its reliability.

Gimble's report said Feith's office had made assertions "that were inconsistent with the consensus of the intelligence community."

Responding to the report, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "The president has long acknowledged that intelligence leading up to the war in the Iraq was inaccurate. And he has taken dramatic actions in order to revamp the intel community."

Asked if the president feels ill-served by subordinates who manipulated intelligence on which he based decisions and took the U.S. to war, Perino said the president takes responsibility and has taken steps to make sure that bad intelligence like this doesn't happen again, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports.

:wow:

[spanone]

1. In other words, we'll shove it in a black hole for eternity.

[radfringe]

2. not for eternity

just until they need it for IRAN

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Mere lip service, if even that

"Taking responsibility" means making amends for the suffering you've caused.

It means sincere apologies to those who've been hurt with an iron-clad guarantee that nobody else will suffer the same. :nopity:

[JHB]

8. This is the "Ronald Reagan" school of taking responsibility...

...just say "I take responsibility (for what some other person way down the line from me did)", and leave it at that, doing nothing. Nobody pays (except those whose deaths prompted the "apology").

[Cerridwen]

4. He takes responsibility that THEY did it...

nice cya. /snark

[Karmageddon]

5. "takes responsibility"? In that case, we accept your resignation George.

[JHB]

6. "taken steps to make sure that ... this doesn't happen again"?

Like what? Promoting the people who did it?

[montanto]

15. Yessss!

Give them a medal, too, don't forget!

[ktlyon]

7. If he really wanted to take responsibility for attacking Iraq

the right thing to do would be to resign. Since he didn't feel it was necessary to be sure he really won the election in 2000, I don't think this will happen.

[Solly Mack]

9. blah blah blah...just a "wasn't my fault" excuse

If the intelligence was manipulated, then how can I be blamed for trusting it?

If the intelligence was manipulated and I didn't know it, how can I be blamed?

So I didn't take the country to war for lies...and I didn't lie to Congress and the American people...because I was lied to...so it's not my fault.

I don't give a rat's ass how devious Cheney is...Bush wasn't in the dark on this...

Bush lied...and he knowingly lied

Bush wanted intelligence to back his already existing desire for war with Iraq...

[kentuck]

10. Right! "Responsibility" without any accountability...

I can say I was responsible for a bank robbery if there were no consequences. Unfortunately, this was much worse than a bank robbery. Come to think of it, it was a bank robbery also. We still have $12 billion dollars that are missing.

[Emit]

11. Did you catch this? NPR: "Douglas Feith Responds to Criticism"

I only caught the very end -- Feith sounded pretty testy and defensive. The audio won't be avaiable until 4 pm ET, so you might want to catch it later today:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7309878

[welshTerrier2]

12. lying to Congress is a felony

it's also an impeachable offense

we're all so concerned about whether "bush and cheney knew" about Plame. knowing the Intel about Iraq was a big old pack of lies is much more serious. the Plame case is just the tip of the "big lie" iceberg.

let's make sure this gets all the attention it deserves.

frankly, the conduct of the entire administration leading up to the IWR vote and the invasion was HIGH TREASON.

[kentuck]

This is the cornerstone of the whole house of lies...

This is where it all began. Impeachment must be back on the table if the President admits it.

[Cass]

13. He takes responsibility? Empty words IMO.

The verbal equivalent of sweeping dirt under the rug. Are we all just supposed to shrug our shoulders and move along because the President has said he takes responsibility? The Iraq invasion was the mother of all screw ups, we'll need more than empty words to set it right.

But, this article is a keeper. I intend to use it to show right wingnuts I come in contact with that Iraq intel was most definitely manipulated and St. George not only acknowledges as much but he takes responsibility for it. That ought to cause a few heads to explode in my little corner of the world.

[spanone]

14. Congress should take bush* at his word and IMPEACH THE BASTARD.