More about Stephen Hadley, whom Bush sent to talk to Cindy Sheehan.

[madfloridian]

This is the Stephen Hadley who was sent out to speak to Cindy Sheehan. Looks to me like he is one of main architects of the war.

Hadley has his own credibility problems, from 2003:
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/07/28_hadley.html
In the February 16 commentary, Hadley rounds up the "usual suspects" of Bush half-truths, deceptions, and lies in order to make his case about the need to immediately go to war with Iraq.

Most noteworthy, Hadley wrote:

"With its trained nuclear scientists and a weapons design, all Saddam Hussein lacks is the necessary plutonium or enriched uranium. Iraq has an active procurement program. According to British intelligence, the regime has tried to acquire natural uranium from abroad." (BuzzFlash bolded the relevant words.)

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/analysis/2004/0411hadley.php

Stephen Hadley is a fire-tested Vulcan--a hardliner close to Vice President Dick Cheney and to the neoconservative camp. Named by the president in mid-November 2004 to replace Condoleezza Rice as his National Security Adviser, Hadley formed part of a loosely constituted group of foreign policy advisers known as the Vulcans who advised presidential candidate Bush in 2000 and were at the core of the presidential transition team following Bush’s election victory. Among the other Vulcans who later moved into the first Bush administration were Rice, Colin Powell, Cheney, Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz.

Starting as a policy analyst for the DOD in 1972 during the first Nixon administration, Hadley has steadily moved up the ladder in the national security community. On the corporate side of the military-industrial complex, Hadley was a partner in a major DC law firm representing major defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Also, outside government, he became affiliated with two policy institutes advocating hawkish positions in U.S. policy and international relations. Before becoming Rice’s top assistant, Hadley has held a variety of positions in the defense department and national security council. During the administration of George H.W. Bush, Hadley served under DOD Secretary as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy with responsibility for security policy toward NATO and Western Europe, on nuclear weapons and ballistic missile defense, and arms control. In addition, Hadley oversaw U.S. policy regarding space weapons.

Introduced at the Air Force Association Convention in September 2000 as an adviser to candidate Bush, Hadley said: “Space is going to be important. It has a great feature for the military.” Hadley also told the convention that a Bush administration would be a firm supporter of missile defense systems.

According to the Center for Public Integrity, before becoming Rice’s top deputy Hadley “was as a board member of ANSER Analytic Services, an Arlington, VA-based nonprofit research group that specialized in government effectiveness and threat assessment. Its trustees include several former Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency officials as well as corporate officers from defense contractors such as Raytheon and Bellcore.”

[lancdem]

1. I think he may be implicated in the Plame leak as well

[DURHAM D]

2. I was stunned a few days ago when I saw that Busho sent out

Hadley. What an insult. I just hoped that Cindy didn't know his background. But really, the press should have picked up on this extreme in your face bullshit.