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| White House counterterrrorism adviser quits in frustration - WaPo |
| 2003-06-15 |
| Click here Read the whole article. Some excerpts ‘ "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’ ‘ ...Whis frustration with the culture of the White House. He was loath to discuss it. His wife, Bonnie, a school administrator, was not: "It's a very closed, small, controlled group. This is an administration that determines what it thinks and then sets about to prove it. There's almost a religious kind of certainty. There's no curiosity about opposing points of view. It's very scary. There's kind of a ghost agenda." ’ I have always felt uneasy with the Administration's domestic antiterror policies. I still turn on the TV twice a day expecting to see something like the World Trade Center on fire. |
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