John Dean, former Counsel to the President of the United States to Richard Nixon asks that provocative question. It is a thoughtful and considered analysis from a man who knows a thing or two about Executive malfeasance.
MISSING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
In the three decades since Watergate, this is the first potential scandal I have seen that could make Watergate pale by comparison. If the Bush Administration intentionally manipulated or misrepresented intelligence to get Congress to authorize, and the public to support, military action to take control of Iraq, then that would be a monstrous misdeed.
The original article appears in Dean’s ongoing column at Findlaw. He was recently interviewed about this topic on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.