Who's in charge? Bush learns of massacre from press.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraqi_civilians;_ylt=Amm9W9mUfRHujcp4a7VhqdKyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA

Don't know what to say about this. Shouldn't the president be informed of something of this significance before he gets asked about it by a reporter?

Is it not actually a significant enough event to divert his attention from brush clearing and all the other super important things that occupy his time?

(Previous question was loaded. Disregard everything between "brush" and "super" if you're offended by direct insults against Dear Leader.)

(Previous parenthetical was loaded. Replace "Dear Leader" with "the president" if you don't like having your defense of Bush equated with mindless hero worship.)

I read the article a bit differently. The paragraphs in question:

On Tuesday, White House spokesman Tony Snow said
President Bush learned of the killings only after a reporter from Time magazine asked questions. Time published an article in March that said the Pentagon was investigating the incident.

Asked when Bush was first briefed about the events in Haditha, an insurgent stronghold in western
Iraq, Snow replied Tuesday: "When a Time reporter first made the call."

Bush was briefed on the incident and investigation by his national security adviser,
Stephen Hadley, Snow said. He would not detail Bush's personal involvement since.

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I took that to mean that Bush was first briefed when the Time reporter started sniffing around, before the story broke. If a reporter had asked Bush about it and he had responded with a "Huh?" you can bet the video would be all over.