Another Black Eye

It was reported today that there was another blunder in the Bush administrations assessment of what Iraq was capable of, and what they were actually doing. The New York Times reports:
The Bush administration repeatedly cited the existence of the tubes as definitive evidence that Iraq had a nuclear program. But what the Bush administration never revealed was that the top officials inside the Energy Department had concluded the tubes were being used not for a nuclear program, but to build conventional rockets.
The result was a largely one-sided presentation to the public that did not convey the depth of evidence and argument against the administration's most tangible proof of a revived nuclear weapons program in Iraq

Just another case of Bush hiding the truth, covering up things, or telling a nation what he wants them to hear. Its a shame that the truth has to be delayed several months to finally come out.

The other bit of news today was Spaceship One reached an altitude of 62.5 miles up. The crew celebrated with campaign, and the lead engineer was reportedly drinking straight from the bottle. There is some chatter about making tickets available to the public for about $200,000 where they would enjoy fantastic views and about 5 minutes of weightlessness. Oh yea they claimed a 10 million dollar prize too. Apparently the sponsoring group took out an insurance policy on it, so those responsible will only be required to fork over about half of the purse. Some one have 5 million laying around?