Ted, Ted, Ted

Sens. Graham and Shelby have decided to let the CIA take the wrist-slap for that missionary airplane their minions shot down in April. This being the Senate Intelligence Committee, it would be too much to expect them to actually tell the truth — that the whole drugs-and-spies concept is irredeemably corrupt and destructive and needs to be scrapped — but they do give a nod to the growing general awareness of the agency’s essential rottenness. The able Michael Smith is staying on top of all this Peru stuff for us.