[frankjr]

Larry "Bud" Wilkerson, disgruntled ex-employee. No wonder they canned his *ss.

[Elmer Gantry]

Secretive little known cabal? The Vice President and Secretary of Defense little known? The Iraq war has also been the most publicly debated war in history.

[Jim Robinson]

"I watched these dual decision-making processes operate for four years at the State Department. As chief of staff for 27 months, I had a door adjoining the secretary of State's office. I read virtually every document he read. I read the intelligence briefings and spoke daily with people from all across government."

And now you're nothing but a sniveling traitor. Congratulations.

[metesky]

So a security team made up of the constitutionally elected Vice President and constitutionally approved and vetted Cabinet members and their staff are a "secret cabal"?

This guy is pedaling paranoid hogwash to the boobs who will not only eat it up but pay handsomely for the meal.

[driftless]

Yes, that horrible Bush-Cheney cabal which ousted Saddam Hussein, destroyed the Taliban, got Syria out of Lebanon, forced Libya to disclose its wmds, has Bin-Laden hiding in caves, prevented any domestic terrorism since 9/11, and tipped the balance of the mideast from despotism to democracy. What a horrible group of neocons. (smirk) Good riddance to Wilkerson.

[counterpunch]

"Cabal" carries antisemetic connotations of Jewish conspiracy, as the esoteric Hebrew mysticism known as "Kabbalah" (sometimes "Cabala") is the origin.

Therefore, it makes perfect sense why the anti-"neocon" Lawrence Wilkerson would choose it.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Conducting national security by cabal is preferred over conducting it by MSM and polling.

[mewzilla]

Senior Aide to Colin Powell: Cheney "Cabal" Hijacked US Foreign Policy

Wilkerson's been a busy boy of late. Follow the money.

[JustaCowgirl]

Hey Lawrence! Stick a cork in it, ya little creep.

[tkathy]

No president since WWII has faced anything like W has. If Cheney would get out more, like a VP should, the secrecy charge wouldn't stick.

[Inwoodian]

A " cabal" is not a group named by the President to their positions and who serve at the pleasure of the President. The Vice-President (who is a former Secretary of Defense and prosecuted a war against Saddam) and the Secretary of Defense are the individuals who were tasked with implimenting the Iraqi War. I suppose he should have sought counsel from Warren Christopher, Madeline Albright or Sandy Berger. The fact that this man was chief of staff to Colin Powell is enough to cut Powell out of the loop.

[wildbill]

Cabal? Phooey!

What does this Clymer not understand about elected leaders and their Cabinet officers setting policy?

[Mike Darancette]

Wilkerson is Pissed because he has never been elected to anything important.

[1rudeboy]

Another milquetoast gunning for a job as a journalist. Nothing new.