[NutCrackerBoy]

Bush is going to have a lot of trouble with this issue [absence of Saddam-terror connection] in the fall. The Left has already declared victory because their charges are going unrefuted by the Administration.

It is more critical for W to alter the institutional behavior of the agencies. If he could do that by going public with an absolutely convincing Saddam-terror link, he probably would.

It is interesting that, as Dr. Mylroie points out twice, W hasn't followed Reagan's lead of replacing careerists with his own who have drunk the proper Kool-Aid. I think it is W's management style to convert rather than replace. He tries to facilitate conversion by removing their barriers from the truth. Finally, the truth forces the recalcitrant wrong-headers to stop acting institutionally.

[My2Cents]

Good observations, but as much as I love W, you cannot convert entrenched careerists who are out pursuing their own agenda. Most of these people were in the Clinton Administration, and as we know, appeals to TRUTH are effective with Clinton's people.

[My2Cents]

from my post to you: appeals to TRUTH are effective with Clinton's people.

I, of course, meant "ineffective."