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Ashamedly, I admit it wasn't sysprog's flag that caught my attention. It was Barstow's recounting of McCaffery in the face of Rumsfeld's ire, and the time when you have to punt quote, coupled with this from today:
Check Google for the association of Rumsfeld and McCaffrey. You will find 14,000 hits nearly all hostile to the arrogance and mismanagement of the Rumsfeld War on Terror. Hardly the stuff of someone "shilling" for the Pentagon. Hardly the actions of someone trying to ingratiate himself with DOD contracting authorities on behalf of his business interests.
Right. Until there is a penalty to be paid. And, what was that penalty again? Well, I believe it was this:
Mr. Rumsfeld struck back. He abruptly cut off General McCaffrey’s access to the Pentagon’s special briefings and conference calls.
Uh-huh.
