Washington Post: The Blair Bush Project

[BigBearJohn]

One issue that Bush -- and Blair -- should be questioned about is the Downing Street Memo in which the head of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency asserted that the White House was already set on invading Iraq in July 2002. See my May 17 column for the background.

Any reporter asking about the memo could make an easy grand, being offered by a group of liberal Web activists.

Bush has been asked often about the faulty intelligence used by the administration in making a case for the Iraq war, but he has not been questioned about this memo or how an ally as close as Britain could have come to a conclusion that the administration was "fixing" the intelligence toward supporting a war effort.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/06/07/BL2005060700709_pf.html

[tk2kewl]

1. That is a great headline!

:D

[Roland99]

4. No kidding! Hard to believe I hadn't heard that used before!

[SpiralHawk]

2. If the reporters fail to ask, that is a Gross Violation

of their responsibility to the public. I'll bet some hand-chosen, blow-dried Bimojournalist will get picked to pop the Big Q., and then pose it as a BIG FRIKKING SET-UP SOFTBALL.

[eleny]

3. Is this on an Editorial page or the front page?

I was wondering because I can't find it on the front page of the Post online. Thanks in advance!

[BigBearJohn]

6. Try this LINK:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/06/07/BL2005060700709.html


WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 12:29 PM

[EVDebs]

5. Love your idea of auctioning off reporting !

"Any reporter asking about the memo could make an easy grand, being offered by a group of liberal Web activists."

Although 'doing their job' assures them an easy salary anyway, maybe progressive groups DUers et al can shame the shameless media-whores with a good old attempt at 'put your money where your mouth is' Grand Prize Event.

The "Help us tell the story on Bush" event, backed with millions would provide laughs galore if not at least providing a media pinata party !