Al Kamen, WAPO:

Failing upward? President Bush announced yesterday he’ll be awarding the presidential Medal of Freedom to the Tres Amigos of Iraq: former CIA chief George J. “Slam Dunk” Tenet, who gave him bad information; retired Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks, who didn’t have enough troops for the postwar occupation; and former Iraq viceroy L. Paul Bremer, who complained about the troop levels too late.

What Al doesn’t point out (or, maybe I should say, doesn’t need to point out) is that this is the least of the riches that will be heaped upon those who deflected blame for the Iraq mess away from the President.