February 28, 2007Guess who the "senior administration official" isI know this won't be easy, but give it a try: Guess who the "senior administration official" is in this White House transcript. To make it a little easier, I've put one hint in bold face. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The reason the President wanted me to come, obviously, is because of the continuing threat that exists in this part of the world on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border -- a threat to Afghanistan, clearly, in our efforts there, the Taliban, cross-border operations; a threat to Musharraf and his government. There were something like seven or eight suicide bombings in the last week or two in Pakistan. And obviously also, the threat to the homeland from the standpoint of operations and activities of al Qaeda in this part of the world -- for example, you go back to the airliner plot last fall, second generation Pakistani militants living in the U.K., but with ties back in al Qaeda areas along the Pakistan-Afghan border. So we've all got an interest, obviously, in trying to address those issues. Let me just make one editorial comment here. I've seen some press reporting says, "Cheney went in to beat up on them, threaten them." That's not the way I work. I don't know who writes that, or maybe somebody gets it from some source who doesn't know what I'm doing, or isn't involved in it. But the idea that I'd go in and threaten someone is an invalid misreading of the way I do business. Ok, Ok ... here's one more clue: The dateline for the background session is "Aboard Air Force Two En Route Muscat, Oman." Anybody? Anybody? |
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[February 28, 2007 8:05 PM]
DJOk gee could it have been Dick Cheney?? If not then it was one of his cohorts but just a guess on my part
Ok I know it was really a trick question but I had to answer anyway