[ez]

You can bet for damn sure they are trying to figure out a way to weasel out from under this.

[holden]

insisting first on a full vetting of the current strategy

Somehow, having Valerie Jarrett, Mayor Daley's Olympic bid former co-chairmen, doing the vetting of the military request doesn't seem quite as expert--or awash in gravitas--as it seemed to be just last Friday morning.

HF