Daily Briefing: Unusually Readable
•692-page report deems intel on Iraq "dead wrong," calls bureaucracy "fragmented, loosely managed and poorly coordinated."Bushadvisor: "You will begin to see action in a matter of weeks." [ WP , WP , LAT , USAT ]
•Doubts were rejected.TenetdismissedPowell's second-guessing with "yeah, yeah," I'm "exhausted." [ WP ]
•Critics complain about report's depth.Milbankasks, "Why would the commission, with unfettered access to the government's most sensitive documents, rely on a [Woodward] book?" [ WP , NYT ]
•Report's blunt language is "unusually readable." [ NYT ]
•Report forRumsfeldfaults Pentagon for inadequate postwar plans. [ WP ]
•World Bank unanimously confirmsWolfowitzas president. [ NYT ]
• Bergerpleads guilty to snatching documents; will pay $10,000 fine and have security clearance suspended. [ WP , NYT ]
•Post-Schiavo, Republicans embrace advance "culture of life" while Democrats stir backlash by moderates; judiciary will feel heat. [ WP , NYT , LAT , WT , USAT ]
• Hastertdoesn't think Social Security legislation will happen this year: "You can't carry it right up to an election. That's just political dynamite." [ WP ]
• BushnominatesCheney's son-in-law, a lawyer for security clients, as general counsel for DHS. [ WP ]
•Across nation, union members rally againstBush's Social Security plan. [ NYT ]
•Navy Secretary nominated to succeedWolfowitz. [ WP , LAT ]
• Hillary's supporters prep for "the right-wing attack machine": "The right wing is already getting ready, namingHillaryas their 'No. 1 target' and boasting about their 'Swift Boat' style ads." [ NYT ]