Speculation as to what could bring down Dubya? I think this administration is pretty much beyond getting it’s hand caught in cookie jar, at least by outsiders. I thought the Valery Plame affair would go somewhere, with two high ranking officials implicated in outing a federal agent over the Nigerian nuke papers, and yet… they are even unwinding the CIA. Maybe demoting them is a better word.
Nixon was actually in charge, and was his own worst enemy. Paranoia did him in. In this Admin, we have Cheney in charge, with Rumsfeld as the lieutenant. These guys are unshakeable It’s unlikely they are going to make any grossly stupid mistakes, unless you count invading a sovereign nation on the basis of lies and deceit, racking up a trillion in debt by 2008, and losing the war, a grossly stupid error. These men are too careful, too practiced, and too powerful to get caught off-side.
Let’s say there was something diabolical like the Mousad having advance knowledge of 9/11 (which BTW I believe they did just on the basis of logic and common sense) and someone in the administration knew about it…even then…someone would take the fall. As the Mousad is far too ingenious, they absolutely never left a trail.
Guantanamo will be another non-starter, especially now that the Justice Dept has legitimized torture when it’s in the interest of the state.
My guess is, (if anything), we are going to see something on a level with Seven Days In May , only with a reverse twist. In this movie, it’s a General who attempts takeover of the Administration in order to save the country from a weak President. I think there must be people in the Pentagon who realize the madness of fighting a war they cannot win, a war that could spread like wildfire to inflame the region, and a war that is bringing their institution into discredit internationally. I think these ones must see the expansion written on the wall and fear it. I would expect there are those among them, good and ethical men, who would expose a scandal in the defense dept. if they could find an opening…and if such a scandal actually were to exist. Looking at Rumsfeld’s punitive, cold, calculating, and ruthless approach, it’s doubtful there is any opening.
Bush is going to go after more territory in the region, of that I am sure. So there could be an Oli North brewing somewhere. It will be a black opps screw up, maybe with Israel's hand involved. The exposure will need to come from within. The days of Woodward and Bernstine are long past. The holes have been plugged. So my vote is, it will come from within the Pentagon, if it’s going to come from anywhere.