[Cinnamontea]

Rumor is circulating it it McConnell’s wife- Elaine Cho

That would fit with what Michael Caputo is saying, that the writer is a woman whose husband is powerful in another branch of government. Cho is in the executive and McConnell in the legislative. But if it's Cho, then McConnell knew about it.

[stylin19a]

what troubles me about picking out any one person is their location.
How does Chao cause much damage when DOT offices are not in the WH ?
She can ignore directives to the DOT, but what is that ? and how long can that be done before being found out ?

assuming this NYT op-ed is true - and I am still not buying it (in Bob Woodward's book, he talks about people removing stuff from the president's desk.)



it would seem to me the actual damage doers would be grunts (Obama left-overs\secretaries and admins) not high level people.