After yesterday’s congressional hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on proposed changes to expand the president’s power to wiretap without a warrant (changes to FISA law), a new recurrence of the same old question keeps popping into mind: How would it be possible to insult the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rice cabal?

Well, it’s hard, but let’s give it a try. Let’s hypothesize that, as the day and evening of September 11, 2001, wore on, then-National Security Advisor (this administration persists in spelling it “adviser”) Condoleezza Rice spent part of her time doing what she does best at this stage, selecting clothes and ...   more »