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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: E who wrote (128808)4/9/2004 12:55:07 PM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I happen to like Condi Rice and I think she brings a lot to the table. Especially in contrast to those political bozos on the commission who are trying to get face time on the back of a national tragedy.

But I do have a problem with Rice.

Yesterday she revealed herself to be a classic bureaucrat: if it's not in the report, it shouldn't be acted upon; if the report is labelled a memorandum, it is not a 'plan'; if the FBI has responsibility to act, it's not my job; if Clarke was assigned a new task, he had no authority to poke around in this one.

The way bureaucrats solve problems is to create committees, have meetings, write reports and reorganize their staffs. Such bureaucrats are in large supply in academia and government. And in Bush's White House. The Department of Homeland Security is no doubt a mega-bureaucrat solution to the fact that the CIA and FBI don't share their intelligence.

My profound disappointment with this administration is their propensity to bureaucratically grow government at every opportunity. This not only adds to the deficit, but results in a less effective action, especially in crisis.

However, none of this means I think 911 could have been prevented, or that anything will come of this so-called investigation. It's just the way it is.
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