I protest.

Weapons of mass self-inflicted destruction.

Activate fan, cue shit.

Tim Dunlop at The Road To Surfdom points us at an article in USA Today, of all places: "Senate to probe use of Iraq arms data."

Two Senate committees will investigate whether the Bush administration misused intelligence to make the case that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and justify a war to depose Saddam Hussein.

The two committees in question are the Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Republican John Warner from Virginia, and the Senate Intelligence Committee, chaired by Republican Pat Roberts from Kansas. Warner says that "he has not come to any conclusions," but hearings are needed because of what he terms "the depth and seriousness of this issue."

Hearings will mean tough questions before TV cameras for some of the president's top officials — not just from Democrats, but from their fellow Republicans, who control the Capitol. The administration's future credibility could rest on the responses.

I hope to hear a loud "splat" sometime in the near future.