The Nub of the Issue

Doug Feith is given a chance to defend himself in the pages of the WaPo today, and in doing so, he gets to the heart of the issue at hand:

At issue is a simple but critical question: whether policy officials should be free to raise questions about CIA work.

Is the CIA sacrosanct? Even in light of its overt politicization and manifold failures (e.g., asserting the existence of WMD in Iraq)?

Apparently, Carl Levin thinks so.