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Of creamy White House stationary ...
The Reaction — ... and weeks ahead. But that's going to be a tough rope to pull, causing them a great deal in inner conflict. With Suskind bringing out his book this week, it must be ringing in their ears, remembering the advice of former Bush Grindhouse Chief of Staff Andy Card, and his neocon wisdom of "From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new lies in August." Bonus Bush Forged Letter Links Emptywheel: Tenet and the “Creamy White House Stationery” ...

The decline and fall
The Sideshow — From the invaluable Cursor (who can always use your donations): Ron Suskind begins a "Countdown" interview by parsing the statements of CIA officials who are now distancing themselves from his book, and Tim Rutten looks at the media firestorm that accompanies books like Suskind's, which, "reveals no he said/she said dispute over the letter," written on "creamy White House stationery." In responding to Suskind's book, which gets a mixed review from Salon, John Dean ...

Not a Question of If, But Who, Forged the Letter
Firedoglake — ... , Bob Woodward (well, consider the source) has said that Suskind's CIA sources have led him astray in the past. And, as I pointed out here, there is something surprisingly credible about Tenet's insistence that he always--up to and including late 2003--refused to endorse the Iraq-Al Qaeda claims. So there is reason to take Giraldi's post seriously. ...