Bush's bugbear (BBC looks for motive in O'Neill truth-telling)

[papau]

http://7am.com/wireidx/world/

Bush's bugbear

Paul O'Neill: Careless talk?

By James Arnold BBC News Online business reporter

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O'NEILL'S ALLEGATIONS
That President Bush was looking for excuses to invade Iraq
That he was never shown evidence of WMD
That the president was unwilling to engage in cabinet debate
That the president rarely gave away his opinions even to insiders


<snip>

But he is the first former cabinet member to turn informer.

And the fact that he is not an opportunistic politician with an eye to the next administration makes him seem especially incorruptible. <snip>

Mr O'Neill does not stand to earn money from the book, which is about him, not by him.

But he will no doubt be interested in anything that perks up a somewhat staid retirement, enlivened only by two company directorships.

Mr O'Neill is manifestly no politician.

But he is political enough to realise that publicity, however controversial, has its uses.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3388429.stm

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Remember the Snow song informer?

Informer!!!! You know si daddy me snow me im goin to blaaaamme!! I licky boom boom dowwwwwwnn!!!!-(white canadian rapper)

Just thought I would point that out for everyone.

[papau]

2. A worthwhile background tune for the next media review of O'Neill

if there is a next time!

:-)

[spooky3]

3. Interesting, but the BBC reporter misses the main point

that it does not matter whether O'Neill has made gaffes, wears army shoes, etc. The only thing that matters is whether allegations of significant wrongdoing can be verified. If so, he can be the biggest nastiest, lying (insert your favorite epithet here) who ever lived, but that does not alter whether the administration committed wrongdoing for which they should be held accountable by voters.