o'neill

i just saw the 60 minutes piece on former treasury secretary paul o'neill. actually, all the best bits (e.g. president bush's lack of attention during meetings, the allegation that the war in iraq was planned long before 9/11, etc.) have been leaked out over the past 2 days. although the allegations are big news. if true, they do not really tell us anything all that new. in my mind, at least, o'neill's claims really just confirmation of what i've always suspected but feared was the case in the bush white house. the only surprising bit on 60 minutes was the end, when o'neill was asked if he was ready for the administration's reaction to his interview. he seemed genuinely surprised that anyone would try to smear him for speaking out critically about the bush administration. "Why would I be attacked for telling the truth?" he asked. maybe he should ask valerie plame.