He has been aces on WH war mendacity for a long time now. I think he's the closest thing we have to Woodstein this time around; in fact, it was reported a few months ago that Bob Woodward had to stand with Pincus against WaPo editor/publisher resistance to printing an article the admin would not like. The article was printed, but the aversion at the WaPo and elsewhere to 'offending' aWol's gang was and is palpable. (Milbank and recently Froomkin have also walked the walk.)
Tenet's speech was an Alley Oop pass to whoever wanted it, and I've only seen Clark catch and dunk it (masterfully, as usual, on CNN-Aaron Brown last night). Here Pincus carefully and plainly states the facts that may come to be Shrub's doom.
This article is based on Tenet's speech and the cabal's statements in Sep/Oct 2002, before the NIE, but the war-mongers' depravity is even deeper, as the document below shows (from O'Neill/Suskind). When it was created in January, 2001, the only thing special about September 11 was that it was being marked on calendars with holiday plans.
Everything is not different after September 11, 2001.
Everything is different after January 20, 2001.
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Tab C is the smoking gun.