Incompetent or liars. Which is it?

This;

Senator Hill said on Tuesday he stood by departmental advice that no Australians were involved in interrogation.

But former Australian intelligence official Rod Barton says he interrogated Iraqis about weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Senator Hill pointed to written departmental advice last May which said Australians in the Iraq Survey Group, of which Mr Barton was a member, did not interrogate prisoners.

Backs up this;

Ministers seem to have problems exercising their duties. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about the case of Cornelia Rau or Rod Barton’s claims about Iraq. They say they weren’t told or didn’t know. They engage in legalistic hair-splitting and public servants take the rap.

That means ministers can’t control their departments, don’t know what is happening and that bureaucracy is out of control.

It suggests that John Howard and his Cabinet can’t run government – even though they’ve had nine years to come to grips with beast.

Plenty of folk out there want to give the Government (and following governments) more power. F*ckin' idiots.