They mostly felt that orders came from the precincts of Vice President Cheney, that Cheney’s group disregarded advice from veteran American officials, and in at least one case channeled a decision to avoid Bush’s scrutiny. The president signed, but didn’t read, and you can see the quizzical, betrayed looks in the eyes of the men and women in the film, who found that the more they knew about Iraq, the less they were heeded.
