Been outraged about this since this morning. Worked from 7 AM until 7 PM today. I realized as I was walking back to my hotel that I'm as outraged, if not more so, than I was this morning. So here's what I don't get about the whole Condi Rice thing. If 9/11 changed everything in this country, why is it okay for them to talk about the permanent change we've undergone in campaign ads; but then cite historical precedence (that NSAs don't appear before Congress) as a reason for Ms. Rice not to speak in public. If 9/11 changed everything, surely it changed that. If the rules have changed everywhere else, that one about NSA testimony should, don't you think?

And if I read it right, she's already met with the committee in private. So the real message here is more disturbing than anything that has to do with 9/11 -- it's not that she won't testify, it's that she won't testify for the American people to hear what she has to say.Sharing it with the President or Congress is okay since she serves at the will of the President. Did the Bush II White House EVER believe that in fact they serve at the will of the people or was this always a coronation? (No need to answer; it's a rhetorical question just in case you weren't sure.)

Good article in CSM talks about "the wheels coming off an administration" as a new entertainment form, there are so many different stories coming of the WH.