Here -- I'm going to fill every one in on a little secret. (And if you've worked more than two weeks in any office with a hierarchy, I'm preaching to the choir.) Ready?

Ellen's Law of Hierarchy
The higher up you go in the chain of command, the less likely you are able to read.

I don't buy the "too busy to read" nonsense. I really believe that they cannot read. That must be the case, since so few executive actually do read what they're given. That's why I'm ready to save the US a major expense. There's no need to create a commission into WMD intelligence -- or lack thereof -- blame the "I only read bullet points" generation. They haven't read anything beyond two paragraphs at a time in a dogs age. Believe me.

I think David Kay agrees with me, according to this quote from CNN:

"There are caveats that clearly dropped out, dissenting opinions that clearly dropped out, as you moved higher up and people read the headline summaries," Kay said. "I think this is something that needs to be investigated and looked at."

I couldn't agree more.