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And in this really high-profile incident, she's being fed private intelligence cables by him. that's just different than, i think, the way that most intelligence is supposed to move. it's supposed -- intelligence is vetted, there's a whole system that was created after 9/11, to make sure that principles get stuff that all different parts of the government have looked at. this was different. >> yeah, but it turned out to be accurate. >> actually, it didn't. parts of it turned out to be accurate. ultimately, there was no protest. and ultimately, the narrative from the government is that it wasn'...

>> joining us right now, is "los angeles times" television critic, the great steve batalia. what did you make of last night? i had to go to bed, because i had to fly out to this beautiful city. by the way, the picture behind me is not a picture or a mural or some green sheet, that's this beautiful city, the san francisco bay. just wanted to let people know that. go ahead, steve. >> first, i want to say, i'm not the critic for the "los angeles times." i cover media and television. i thought the show was terrific, because it was david letterman as we have loved him over the years. it didn't get ...

Who made the case to the president this was going to be an easy war? >> there were some iraqis who did. there was a guy who wrote beautiful books, very moving books about the tyranny of saddam's rule. so he really wanted to see his people liberated and he used the line, as you know, that american troops will have roses thrown at their feet, as they enter baghdad. and that was widely circulated thereafter. so it began there. but, frankly, bush administration strategists should have known that you can't plan a war on your best hopes for how it might go. you can devise a strategy that increases t...

Including her top people. she wasn't trying to hide that story. so that would seem to be challenging those on the right who have been saying hillary's been putting out a cooked story. >> that's true about hillary, but the difference is is that it raises questions about the white house's account. you had jay carney right after that, come out and say, we have no evidence at all to suggest that it was a planned attack. although it doesn't really change anything about her, it provides us with new information about what was floating around inside the administration. >> well, this stuff is getting w...

Best is to talk to interesting people in front of an audience. and he really moved away from the type of stunts that you saw him do the found comedy outside of the studio. that was really groundbreaking at the time. but, you know, after a while, you know when you get to be into your 60s, maybe it didn't play as well anymore, and he really found a new place for himself, as someone who can comment maybe look with a raised eyebrow, about what's going on in the world and say interesting, funny stuff. and it was a very intimate relationship that he had. you know, being on late-night you are probabl...