MORE ANALYSIS OF RICE TESTIMONY
Bush's indifference is most troubling

The Washington Post's "Dean" of journalism, David Broder, weighs in on Condi's testimony before the 9/11 Commission last Thursday. Via the Houston Chronicle:

In her testimony before the 9/11 commission on Thursday, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice gave glimpses of the inner workings of the Bush White House that were extraordinarily revealing for this highly secretive administration.

Anyone who listened closely to her three hours on the stand could glean much about the strengths and weaknesses of this White House, a place where few outsiders have gained much of a clue about how it really operates.

What emerged was a picture of an organization with great discipline and a strong belief in orderly structures and clearly articulated concepts and policies. But it is also a top-down bureaucracy, with little capacity for hearing variant viewpoints or testing its theories against the practical wisdom of front-line operatives.

As if seeing Rumsfeld crack the whip during press conferences didn't tell us that already.

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