Bob Woodward Pwned by Donald Rumsfeld

By: streiff (Diary)  |  March 4th at 04:13 PM  | 

One of the interesting phenomena in Washington politics is the collection of little men who make a living taking shots at great men. Never has that been more in display than in the recent Bob Woodward critique of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s book Known and Unknown on the blog former Washington Post defense correspondent Tom Ricks tries to run at the Foreign Policy | Read More »

“The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008″: a review

By: streiff (Diary)  |  September 26th at 01:36 PM  | 

I just finished reading Bob Woodward’s “The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008.” Typical Woodward in a lot of respects. It is about as substantial as cotton candy. The good guys are mostly the guys who talked to him (I say “mostly” because even though Bush granted a great deal of access there is no way a Washington Post employee is going to | Read More »