What about Rand Beers?

[donsu]

recently read he is on Kerry's team and that a yr. ago he was on Smirk's Natl. Security Council?

has there been talk on this that I've somehow missed?

[lapislzi]

1. Is that like "dollar well drinks"?

...sorry, that was a bit of sophomoric South African humor.

[Oilwellian]

2. Yes, there's been much talk

Particularly since Kerry's team includes two people who were "insiders" to Bush's campaign for war in Iraq, Rand Beer and Richard Clarke. I think we're all anxious to see just how far Kerry goes to expose Bush's lies about Iraq. :D

[emulatorloo]

3. Rand Beers - witness for the "prosecution" -- read this WaPo interview

Washington Post article re Beers quitting Bush *really really* worth reading.

Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62941-2003Jun15?language=printer

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"The administration wasn't matching its deeds to its words in the war on terrorism. They're making us less secure, not more secure," said Beers, who until now has remained largely silent about leaving his National Security Council job as special assistant to the president for combating terrorism. "As an insider, I saw the things that weren't being done. And the longer I sat and watched, the more concerned I became, until I got up and walked out."

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The focus on Iraq has robbed domestic security of manpower, brainpower and money, he said. The Iraq war created fissures in the United States' counterterrorism alliances, he said, and could breed a new generation of al Qaeda recruits. Many of his government colleagues, he said, thought Iraq was an "ill-conceived and poorly executed strategy."

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[donsu]

4. I see, his blinders were removed and he saw the truth

thanks for posting this.