kinds of mayhem, and then we're going to own it because we don't like the fact they fired on some of our airplanes? what was his reason for the war? that's ostensibly what donald rumsfeld wanted to do in a new documentary out next month, but it's not what happened. rumsfeld is the subject of the unknown known by academy award winning director errol morris who spent 33 hours interviewing the former defense chief. the inherent irony of the film was how badly rumsfeld portray himself not as a man haunted by the demons of his past but unrepentant egoist whose account of history is whimsical. marred by smugness and evasion. rumsfeld shows no misgivings about his decision as secretary of defense. despite overwhelming evidence, he remains a contrarian on the defining failure of the bush administration.