[cyncooper]

I agree he was saying that and that is why I said I wished there'd be more mention of the Shays letter to Rice. It seems obvious to me that influenced the relationship.

Also the memos where Rice requested Clarke start attending meetings he was missing go to it being a two-way street and not a matter of a disengaged Rice not holding meetings or not wanting to deal with an issue she was in fact very much dealing with.

So I do think by leaving out those aspects, Novak's analysis is flawed in that area.

[malia]

You referred to 'the Shays letter to Rice' whats that all about?

[elli1]

I had to go digging to find the Shays info. Wow. You are 100% correct.