From Think Progress
By Payson

Last night on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank discussed the recently leaked Donald Rumsfeld memo that called for a major adjustment to our Iraq policy.

Milbank called the memo a classic example of cover-your-ass memo writing in Washington. Rumsfeld listed every conceivable option in his memo, Milbank says, to allow himself to claim, Well, I recommended we go in that direction. This was something of an authorized leak by Rumsfeld’s people in order to protect his legacy here, Milbank added.

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