Democrats Cite Downing Street Memo in Bolton Fight

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“U.S. Senate Democrats rejected a Republican compromise over John Bolton’s nomination as U.N. ambassador on Thursday and cited a British report backing their view that the Bush administration hyped intelligence on Iraq before the 2003 invasion.” (Washington Post)

It is hard to pick, of course, but Bolton’s nomination and the Downing Street memo are two of the more damning post-election developments from the Bush Cabal. Nice to see them linked by the Loyal Opposition.

“Concerns about this administration hyping intelligence and Great Britain hyping intelligence cannot be dismissed lightly,” (Senate Minority Leader Harry) Reid said, adding that it “is no small matter for us to learn whether Mr. Bolton was a party to other efforts to hype intelligence.”