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Tail Between Legs Already?

Paul O'Neill, hands in his pockets and eyes on the ground as his left foot squishes a dent in the ground, seems ready to apologize for all the fuss his expository book has created this week:

He said he regretted using some "vivid language" and seemed to distance himself from the book, reminding the audience "this is Ron Suskind's book, this is not my book."

Maybe this has something to do with the Treasury Dep't's investigation of his candor for "potential leaks" of "classified information." As if the Bush hardon for Saddam and Iraqi oil was a top secret project no one had ever suspected until O'Neill told "60 Minutes." Wesley Clark put it best:

Clark contrasted the speed of the O'Neill investigation with the slow pace of an inquiry into who last summer divulged the name of a CIA official whose husband had criticized the president's Iraq policy.

"They didn't wait 24 hours in initiating an investigation on Paul O'Neill," Clark said. "They're not concerned about national security. But they're really concerned about political security. I think they've got their priorities upside down."

Posted by kevinmoore at January 14, 2004 10:02 AM | TrackBack