Reply #11: There's a photo from that day that I also find interesting

[BabsSong]

It's a very public photo of a bunch of people in a small room huddled around Cheney. The one to Cheney's right leaning in and yacking and providing apparently a bunch of input/direction was Karen Hughes. Why the hell was the most important thing right then the goddamn communications director and chief propaganda writer?? Where were high level people who would be making great national security decisions and giving info to Bush, etc.?? Important types were standing around in the background. I want to know why the hell Hughes played such a dominant role at a time like this>??--trying to get the lies straight, perhaps, for publication?? You can see what was priority on their minds--how to spin it.