Reform? What reform?

Former Sen. Chuck Robb is making the rounds as he finishes up as cochair of the White House's Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. You'll recall that the group's March report called Washington's assessment of Iraq WMD "dead wrong" on almost everything. As he tells it, though, it looks like the commission's reforms aren't moving forward very fast. His anecdotal evidence comes from a recent talk with some senior-level staffers at the CIA. Robb says he asked how many agreed with the criticisms in the commission's 695-page report. Robb said virtually every hand went up. He then asked how many of them work in departments that are taking action to address those problems. "One hand went up," Robb said.

(5-27-05, U.S. News & World Report.)