Minding the Store
WASHINGTON May 31, 2006 (AP)— President Bush learned of reports that U.S. Marines killed two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians only after reporters began asking questions, the White House said Tuesday.Asked when Bush was first briefed about the events in Haditha, an insurgent stronghold in western Iraq, White House press secretary Tony Snow replied Tuesday: “When a Time reporter first made the call.”
To quote M (Judi Dench) in the otherwise forgettable Bond flick Goldeneye: “Unlike the Americans, we prefer not to get our bad news from CNN.”
No one in the White House is brave or stupid enough to come anywhere near the emperor with bad news of any kind.