WP, Froomkin: "Is Woodward Calling Bush a Liar?"

[DeepModem Mom]

Is Woodward Calling Bush a Liar?
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, September 29, 2006

After two books that made President Bush look pretty good, Bob Woodward is out with a new one that comes awfully close to calling the president a liar.

I can't imagine Woodward himself ever using the word -- it's much too shrill for the poster boy for the mainstream media.

But is there any other way to describe what seems like the central theme of his new book, tartly titled "State of Denial"?...

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CBS News reports: "Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse next year....

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The situation is getting much worse, says Woodward, despite what the White House and the Pentagon are saying in public. 'The truth is that the assessment by intelligence experts is that next year, 2007, is going to get worse and, in public, you have the president and you have the Pentagon (saying), 'Oh, no, things are going to get better,' (Woodward) tells Wallace. 'Now there's public, and then there's private. But what did they do with the private? They stamp it secret. No one is supposed to know,' says Woodward."...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/09/29/BL2006092900657.html?nav=most_emailed

[babylonsister]

1. Barn-burner, on 60 Minutes, no less. This is a good thing. nt