Portgate: Yes, those gaping holes are intelligence gaps

It looks like the Coast Guard had some concerns about the Dubai deal. Even if those concerns were addressed, it would be nice, as Kevin Drum argues, to know what they were. After all, the Coast Guard's intelligence assessment includes this nugget: "The breadth of the intelligence gaps also infer potential unknown threats against a large number of potential vulnerabilities."

So are we confident the Bush Administration knows what it's doing? Does it deserve our trust? Congressional hearings are a start, but I wonder if they'll just go the way of other such hearings. Will Republicans dare ask the tough questions of the Great Leader and his minions?