Predicate for a Pardon By Greg Richards

The background of the Scooter Libby affair is the collapse of intelligence over the last 15 years. It is useful to revisit this very briefly in order to put the Libby conviction - and the propriety of a presidential pardon - in perspective.
The PBS show Frontline has a number of its past programs available for viewing online at its website. Yes, Frontline does lean left - it takes Joe Wilson's narrative at face value, for instance - but it is that rare media creature: left-leaning but remaining honest. It is a very good source on, for instance, pre-Iraq War controversies in planning and intelligence.
One of the shows that focuses on pre-war intelligence is called 'The Dark Side' from an infelicitous quote by Dick Cheney that 'we will have to spend time on the dark side.' Don't be put off by that; it is an excellent, if not entirely neutral, program. It is available here.

Cheney is a central figure in the program, as, indeed, he was in the build-up to the Iraq War. In the course of the program, there is this most interesting segment of clips from interviews with David Kay, the former weapons inspector, and Richard Clarke, the former White House anti-terrorism advisor. Neither man is regarded as an acolyte of the Administration.

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