Sorry Mods, thought I was in GD. (Second time I've done it this week)
Here's an interesting theory.......
Who's The Good Guy?
Atrios throws down the gauntlet:
... there's also one more person who could end this - the senior administration official who pointed his finger at two White House officials in the WaPo article 8 days ago.
Oh yes, indeed. Let the games begin.
Many assume that it's Tenet for a variety of reasons, many of which are very compelling.
But, I think it's somebody else. Somebody who has voiced concerns in the past about the political operation of the White House. Somebody who expressed alarm in Ron Suskind's seminal Esquire article that Karl Rove would have unfettered power with George W. Bush after the resignation of Karen Hughes:
"I’ll need designees, people trusted by the president that I can elevate for various needs to balance against Karl. . . . They are going to have to really step up, but it won’t be easy. Karl is a formidable adversary."
That, of course, was Andy Card.
Someone else in the same article went on to say:
"But many of us feel it’s our duty—our obligation as Americans—to get the word out that, certainly in domestic policy, there has been almost no meaningful consideration of any real issues. It’s just kids on Big Wheels who talk politics and know nothing. It’s depressing. Domestic Policy Council meetings are a farce. This leaves shoot-from-the-hip political calculations—mostly from Karl’s shop—to triumph by default. No one balances Karl. Forget it. That was Andy’s cry for help."
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_digbysblog_archive.html#106547388703715631