More on Seymour Hersh's Iraq elections piece from Eric Umansky and Democracy Arsenal's Michael Signer. As I wrote over in a comment there, given that the piece is also about the allegation that the Bush administration is increasingly moving delicate foreign policy decisions off the books, and evading Congressional reporting requirements, I am a bit astonished it hasn't generated more public comment, including in the blogosphere. Writes Hersh:

In my reporting for this story, one theme that emerged was the Bush Administration’s increasing tendency to turn to off-the-books covert actions to accomplish its goals. This allowed the Administration to avoid the kind of stumbling blocks it encountered in the debate about how to handle the elections: bureaucratic infighting, congressional second-guessing, complaints from outsiders.

Thoughts?

Friday Update: More from Eric Umansky.

Posted by Laura at July 20, 2005 12:04 AM