Interesting WH skullduggery at TalkingPointsMemo re: Garner revelations.

[TacticalPeek]

Last March, shortly after Warrick joined Garner's team, Don Rumsfeld met with Jay Garner in the Secretary’s office. During the meeting Rumsfeld walked over to his desk and asked Garner if he had someone on his team named Warrick. Garner said he did. Rumsfeld told him he had to go. Garner told Rumsfeld that he needed Warrick on his team. But Rumsfeld told him the answer was no --- end of story.

Garner then gave Warrick the word, but assured him that he’d be able to get him back on the team later.

In a subsequent meeting Garner told Rumsfeld that he needed Warrick back on his team. It was at this point that Rumsfeld made clear to Garner that the decision came from above and that there was nothing he, Rumsfeld, could do about it. Warrick had to go.
-- Josh Marshall

Talking Points Memo


The guy, Warrick, is State Dept, and author of the Future of Iraq Project, which some say predicted what has happened, to some degree. Maybe not the Pentagon Papers exactly, but it works the same way.


Also some interesting stuff there about CPA and IGC seeking help from (close my eyes) IRAN! :silly:

[Catfish]

1. Also interesting in that piece is that

it seems that the Office of the Vice-President was really calling the shots.

[TacticalPeek]

2. Right.

With this bunch, referring to "the White House" really means referring to the White House/Executive Office Building/Bunker complex.

(The WHEOBB complex. Ah, the tangled . . . )

[Octafish]

3. Kick to the BFEE's pants.

:kick: