Undersecretary for Fuck-Ups

Douglas Feith, former no. 3 man at the Pentagon as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, has set up a web site to justify his role in generating phony intelligence on Iraq.

A recent report by the Defense Department's Inspector General reprimanded Feith in the mildest possible terms for engaging in "inappropriate" attempts to massage raw intelligence reports into conclusions that Saddam Hussein was cooperating with al-Qaeda. Determined to salvage his reputation, Feith protests that civilian officials should be able to criticize the CIA. But the problem is that Feith's intelligence claims were driven by the Bush administration's obsession with invading Iraq. Consequently, Feith's intelligence judgements were even more bogus than the CIA's.

If Douglas Feith was a smart guy, he would focus on taking the real 800 pound gorilla off his reputation--Gen. Tommy Franks' statement that he was "the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth."

But Feith doesn't seem to be that smart. Maybe that's why the Bush administration thought he would work well with Donald Rumsfeld.