Fox News brought on NSA deputy director Jim Wilkinson to rebut Clarke's allegations. Wilkinson called Clarke's book a work of fiction. Such harsh words are unexpected from the #2 of the None Such Agency, a position that must take decades of experience and bureaucratic diplomacy to earn. It's worth a google, and look what turns up: Either I misread Fox's header or Wilkinson is new to the job (we're talking months), having been an Administration spokesman last year, and he was one of Bush's lawyers during Florida (same link).
Posted by Warrior Tang at March 22, 2004 06:53 PM
Necessary update: I probably misread the Fox header, Wilkinson's official title is Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications, which is close enough for me to screw it up at a glance. Thanks to andante of Collective Sigh for digging up this and other info on Wilkinson.
Posted by: Warrior Tang at March 24, 2004 06:41 PMThe NSA that would pull that kind of shit is not the true NSA.
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Posted by: Sebastian at March 26, 2004 07:09 AM