In an election year that promises to feature a lively debate between the parties on national security and the Iraq war, Mr. Carney's candidacy stands out. He stands by his intelligence work before the war, though he won't go into detail because much of it is still classified.
"Based on the intelligence I saw, there was definitely a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda," Mr. Carney said in an interview. He said he was "surprised by the surprise" this conclusion prompted. "I mean, Saddam had links to almost every terrorist group in the Middle East. Why would people think he wouldn't have one with Al Qaeda?" he said.
If elected, he could tell that to the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean or Senator Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, who rarely let a week pass without blistering the Bush administration for leading America to war under false pretenses. Mr. Carney, currently a political science professor at Penn State University, said that if he wins his seat he hopes to "persuade my colleagues."
"They are speaking from a position of imperfect knowledge," he said. "My opinions are backed up by the intelligence."
Just more proof that Bush is telling the truth.
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