I was lucky enough to actually hear the exchange on CBC radio yesterday, on The World At Six. (If you access the CBC link above today [Dec 9/04] you can listen to the Dec 8th show; the segment's about 15 minutes into the show.) The weasel-speak from Rumsfeld was unmistakable. The commentary mentioned that this hasn't really happened before; usually when they've done this, he's been lobbed a bunch of soft balls and it turns into a military pep-rally.
The roar of support after that first pointed question was exactly what I'd expected, but I don't think Rumsfeld's handlers did. What do you think - maybe he shouldn't be doing stuff to p*** off a bunch of people who have weapons and know how to use them?