Gen. Franks mired in mid-2003 with perfect timing. Baghdad had fallen, and he left the mess from that "fundamental misunderstand- ing" for someone else to clean uµ The Army is supposed to publish unclassified reports as soon as it can review them, to be sure that they don't contain sensitive mate- rial. More than 21/2 years later, the Army hasn't published the report and has done little to circulate the classified version to Pentagon leaders. Asked why, an Army to 'ouse and Pentagon was evident both before and after the 2005 Rand report — evident to everybody but the White House and Pentagon, apparently. Rather than censor the report the administra- tion could have acted on it two years before political and public pressure forced a change in strategy. Now, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged this week with his comments on troop levels, the next president will be responsible for ending what Mr. Bush secretly and recklessly started. Plan on it. Spare us the An 11-month police investigation led to an indictment on one felony charge of solicitation of prostitution. That was in July 2006, and part-time Palm Beadier Jeffrey Epstein still has faced no repercussions for al- legedly preying on underage girls. So maybe Mr. Epstein is satisfied that he% getting his money's worth from his large legal team, which includes Harvard Law School Pro- fessor Alan Dershowitz (remember OJ. Simpson?) and Kenneth Starr (remember Monica Lew insky?). Jack Goldberger of West Palm Beach, who's also on the team, told Post columnist Jose Lambiet in November "This case is absolutely • going to end without a trial within the next two months? He was wrong, but Mr. Gold- berger remains on Mr Epstein% • payroll, feigning moral outrage at two lawsuits filed this year against • the Manhattan money manager The lawsuits allege sexual exploita- tion of teenaged girls, one of them as young as 14. Said Mr. Goldberger +after the first lawsuit, s