The blame game. (On The Contrary).(intelligence community failures)

IT'S NAIVE TO EXPECT PARTISAN POLITICIANS TO PLAY fair, I know; still, I'm always surprised by the boldness of their hypocrisies. Take the initial reaction of Bush administration cheerleaders to demands for an independent investigation of intelligence failures before September 11. Critics of the intelligence community were playing the "blame game," they intoned, practically in unison.

Before the administration grudgingly relented and agreed on Sept. 20 to support a limited, independent post-9-11 commission, Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) summarized the party line when he ...

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