Rowan Scarborough's superb new book Sabotage lays out a boatload of evidence documenting years of serious misconduct, malfeasance and incompetence at the CIA. Excerpted this week at his newspaper, the Washington Examiner, Scarborough's book has plenty of news-breaking revelations that should stimulate an abundance of discussion in the ensuing days. The book is likely generate a tepid response from the drive-by media. They'll have to acknowledge it because Scarborough is one of the most respected reporters on the national security beat. But they'll do their level best to diminish its importance, mostly by ignoring it. The way Paul Bedard from U.S. News handles it offers a glimpse into the mind of the drive bys on this book. http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/He calls it an "alternate view of history." Perhaps this is a polite euphemism that let his media brethren save face...(Read Full Post)