Bush Sr. v. Rumsfeld
Salon
by Sidney Blumenthal
06/08/06
Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. ... The elder Bush's intervention was an extraordinary attempt to rescue simultaneously his son, the family legacy and the country... [subscription or ad view required]
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/08/haditha/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Sidney Blumenthal
06/08/06
Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. ... The elder Bush's intervention was an extraordinary attempt to rescue simultaneously his son, the family legacy and the country... [subscription or ad view required]
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/08/haditha/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 8. Jun, 18:01
