Meanwhile, in "W"incompetency Watch

I know that it is important to be transfixed by the verbal stylings of Arnold Schwartzengger (and TBogg is right ... that IS Strom Thurmond's brand of RIT dye on his hair) or the giggle twins. CNN tells me so.

And of course "Frances" refuses to lighten up and that will dominate the weekend...

So it becomes harder to really pay attention to the White House's screw ups. What the SCLM's excuses are otherwise I don't know. Meanwhile, here is a major moronic act:

According to knowledgeable sources, who asked to not be identified, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) has been intensively reviewing a series of past counter-intelligence probes that were started against several high-profile neo-cons but never followed up with prosecutions, to the great frustration of counter-intelligence officers, in some cases.

Some of these past investigations involve top current officials, including Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz; Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Douglas Feith, whose office appears to be the focus of the most recently disclosed inquiry; and Richard Perle, who resigned as Defence Policy Board (DPB) chairman last year.

All three were the subject of a lengthy investigative story by Stephen Green published by Counterpunch in February. Green is the author of two books on U.S.-Israeli relations, including Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, which relies heavily on interviews with former Pentagon and counter-intelligence officials.

Meanwhile, the Boston Globe reports that this whole scheme naturally was part of the well-known, if not frequently reporting PNAC agenda:

' Senate Intelligence and House Judiciary Committee staff members say inquiries into the Near East and South Asia Affairs division have found preliminary evidence that some officials gathered questionable information on weapons of mass destruction from Iraqi exiles such as Ahmed Chalabi without proper authorization, which helped build President Bush's case for an invasion last year.

The investigators are also looking into a more serious concern: whether the office engaged in illegal activity by holding unauthorized meetings with foreign nationals to destablize Syria and Iran without the presidential approval required for covert operations, said one senior congressional investigator who has longtime experience in intelligence oversight. '

Will some major media outlet actually try to tie these things together, or is it too much to handle the conventions, Kerry being french, hurricanes, and dead white pregnant women?