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Edelman to Pentagon IG: You Don't Know What's Appropriate
Also not to be missed in Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman's response to the Pentagon IG report on the Office of Special Plans is this choice assertion:
We respectfully observe that the OIG's opinion on the subjective question of "appropriateness" in these circumstances is not entitled to any particular deference. The OIG does not have special expertise on this issue, which is fraught with policy and political dimensions.
So the Pentagon's inspector general apparently has no better idea of what's appropriate activity for the defense department than does... the office it's investigating.
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Comments (2)
ohiomeister wrote on February 9, 2007 10:16 AM:Typical Bush/Cheney administration up is downism.
gtash wrote on February 9, 2007 1:12 PM:.."asked to take a fresh critical look at the intelligence community" says Edelman/Feith.
If that was their mission, why did the OSP feel compelled to do this by making an appendix to REAL intelligence assessment? Why didn't become a special, comprehensive, stand-alone report (or Powerpoint Presentation). It seems to me the OSP was simply trying to use the cover, the rubric and the auspices of professionals to attach their little commentary--kind of like the dissenting , minority opinion of the Supreme Court ---but without the necessary grounding in priciple or in fact.