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libertango) wrote2009-01-07 08:04 am
libertango) wrote2009-01-07 08:04 am
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Follow the money
Fred Kaplan at Slate quotes Richard Clarke re the appointment of Leon Panetta as Director of Central Intelligence:
"Leon was in all of the important national security meetings for years, both as [Office of Management and Budget] director and as chief of staff. He made substantive contributions well outside of his job description. And as OMB director, he was one of a very few people who knew about all of the covert and special-access programs."
That caused an "A-ha!" moment for me. Why?
Jack Lew's appointment as Hillary Clinton's deputy at State.
Because he's been Director of OMB as well. Which means, presumably, he knows where the line-items are buried as well, to a degree I can't think of being matched at State for the longest time, given how often they've been out of the loop.
"See the whole board."
"Leon was in all of the important national security meetings for years, both as [Office of Management and Budget] director and as chief of staff. He made substantive contributions well outside of his job description. And as OMB director, he was one of a very few people who knew about all of the covert and special-access programs."
That caused an "A-ha!" moment for me. Why?
Jack Lew's appointment as Hillary Clinton's deputy at State.
Because he's been Director of OMB as well. Which means, presumably, he knows where the line-items are buried as well, to a degree I can't think of being matched at State for the longest time, given how often they've been out of the loop.
"See the whole board."