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Reuters is currently running this headline over an article about the President and Vice President's upcoming appointment to testify in front of the 9/11 Commission:

Bush, Cheney Coached for 9/11 Questioning

Coached? Bush and Cheney are being coached? That word brings to mind attorneys suborning perjury. Is Reuters trying to imply that the President and Vice President are being prepared by White House staff to lie in front of the 9/11 Comission? The headline seems to imply that, but the article tells a different story:

Bush already has met with his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, Chief of Staff Andrew Card and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to prepare for the session, which at Bush's insistence will be held in private and with Cheney at his side.

McClellan said Gonzales' office has provided Bush with "documents from that time period to refresh his memory." Bush and Cheney plan to continue meeting with their top advisers and reviewing internal documents over the next two days, officials said.

So, in reality, Bush and Cheney are so much being "coached" as they are being "reminded" of past events surrounding 9/11. Doesn't sound quite as sinister now, does it? I mean, it'd be awfully unprofessional of the President and Vice President to show up to testify and not be able to remember a lot of the vital facts they're testifying to, wouldn't it?

Reuters is so biased sometimes it makes me sick.