EFTA00013724.pdf

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Gen. Franks mired in mid-2003 
with perfect timing. Baghdad had 
fallen, and he left the mess from 
that "fundamental misunderstand-
ing" for someone else to clean uµ 
The Army is supposed to publish 
unclassified reports as soon as it 
can review them, to be sure that 
they don't contain sensitive mate-
rial. More than 21/2  years later, the 
Army hasn't published the report 
and has done little to circulate 
the classified version to Pentagon 
leaders. Asked why, an Army 
to 'ouse and Pentagon 
was evident both before and after 
the 2005 Rand report — evident to 
everybody but the White House and 
Pentagon, apparently. Rather than 
censor the report the administra-
tion could have acted on it two years 
before political and public pressure 
forced a change in strategy. Now, as 
Defense Secretary Robert Gates 
acknowledged this week with his 
comments on troop levels, the next 
president will be responsible for 
ending what Mr. Bush secretly and 
recklessly started. Plan on it. 
Spare us the 
An 11-month police investigation 
led to an indictment on one felony 
charge of solicitation of prostitution. 
That was in July 2006, and part-time 
Palm Beadier Jeffrey Epstein still 
has faced no repercussions for al-
legedly preying on underage girls. 
So maybe Mr. Epstein is satisfied 
that he% getting his money's worth 
from his large legal team, which 
includes Harvard Law School Pro-
fessor Alan Dershowitz (remember 
OJ. Simpson?) and Kenneth Starr 
(remember Monica Lew insky?). 
Jack Goldberger of West Palm 
Beach, who's also on the team, 
told Post columnist Jose Lambiet in 
November "This case is absolutely 
• going to end without a trial within 
the next two months? 
He was wrong, but Mr. Gold-
berger remains on Mr Epstein% 
• payroll, feigning moral outrage at 
two lawsuits filed this year against 
• the Manhattan money manager 
The lawsuits allege sexual exploita-
tion of teenaged girls, one of them 
as young as 14. Said Mr. Goldberger 
+after the first lawsuit, s…
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