Yes, the ties that bind have dwindled over time. It’s been far too long since GHWB had unfettered access and many of the key players have since retired or passed. Their replacements are not necessarily cooperative or acting in accordance with the understandings of prior administrations.
Specific to Rafael Cruz: due to the ongoing JFK research and newer miscellaneous testimonies revealed over time, his name has linked him to others involved and with particular activities.
And while he may have been “unidentifiable” to the public, all of these players have always been automatically identifiable to the agency.
Ted: he likely felt entitled to be Attorney General under the Bush Administration and was disillusioned with being just another WH attorney. The negative feelings towards Cruz from coworkers within the Bush Administration are quite real and public-on the record. Ted’s unbounded political ambition is the driving force behind his ‘constitutional conservative christian’ route. Besides, he knew he would have to differentiate himself from Jeb.
Had Trump not run or president, there is a very strong chance that Jeb would have prevailed. No one else would have had the nerve to challenge Bush and completely knock him out of the race. Certainly not Ted. There was still quite a bit of Bush influence around.
Note that the very same corrupted operatives in Maine that cheated for an impossible Cruz ‘win’ would have stolen their state for Jeb. Bush would have had his essential early caucus win and been well underway. That must have been a painful phone call to make - best thought of as a salvage operation. Steal it for Cruz.
great analysis.
I wonder what the relationship b/w Rafeal and Guy Bannister is/was?
All things considered....Rafeal should consider himself lucky to be alive.