Meanwhile, where our national security could really be threatened...

David Sanger writes of a scramble in American intelligence agencies to figure out if -- guess who? -- really does have nuclear weapons.

Say, I've got an idea! Why don't we just find out what Cheney (copy) wants and tell Bush that? Yeah, that's the ticket ...

UPDATE: FWIW. "Look, over there"? Or not? (Thanks to alert reader datanerd)

UPDATE: Then again, William Perry is says "Hold on to your hats!":

"My theory is the reason we don't have a policy on this, and we aren't negotiating, is the president himself," Perry said. "I think he has come to the conclusion that Kim Jong Il is evil and loathsome and it is immoral to negotiate with him."

(Thanks to alert reader Brian CB)
Too bad half our army is tied down in Iraq.