Caption Contest: Juan Cole, a professor, blogger and Iraq war critic, said he would have been a disappointing target for the Bush White House. WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information on a prominent American critic of the Iraq war in order to discredit him.

Caption Contest: Juan Cole, a professor, blogger and Iraq war critic, said he would have been a disappointing target for the Bush White House.

WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information on a prominent American critic of the Iraq war in order to discredit him.

Photo tagged as: juan_cole iraq bush cia