take even clear responsibility, but bremer says that the idea to fire baath party members came from this man, doug fit, a key aide to the president. doug fit showed me the draft, and say we are going to do this. paul bremer says that de-baathification was your idea. no, it was discussed interagency for months. and obviously, bremer did set it up. but it seems that a lot of people are blaming you. it does, but it is not true.