The Burden of Billy

COVER STORY

The Libyan caper has left the White House reeling

Once again, high drama in Washington. Television's glaring floodlights may switch back on as early as next week in a Senate hearing room. Nine solemn Senators will lean into microphones to direct pointed questions across a massive table at some of the nation's highest officials, including almost certainly the Attorney General, the President's counsel and the President's National Security Adviser. The select group of Senators may go off to the White House to grill the President himself, who has pledged to cooperate, and the questioning may also include...