Intelligence Leaks, Part Duex
Mike Walker, Col. USMC (retired)
All,
One nice thing about being retired and being an American is the right to free speech. So here goes.
If you want to come to grips with why there are so many leaks look to Thomas Donilon.
He never served a day in the intelligence community and has no real comprehension on the difficulty, stresses and hardships that are thrust upon the men and women who carry out those operations overseas.
He never served in uniform so he has not even the foggiest concept of operational security on a personal level.
He has never had to put his life on the line and has no useful sympathy the women and men in uniform who go outside the wire. For Donilon, that life is always an abstraction, never a reality.
He apparently refuses to keep what is secret secret. This should not be a surprise given the enormous gap between the average Americans serving our country overseas and the protected and privileged life of a Washington DC elite that Donilon has led as an adult. They are from the same country, but from completely different worlds.
But Tommy Boy does have a unique record:
1. He is a wealthy lawyer. How did he make his money? See points 2 & 3 below.
2. He was a Washington lobbyist.
3. He was an Executive Vice President at Fannie Mae for six years.
4. He was a public affairs officer (spelt p-r-e-s-s t-o-a-d-y) with the State Department.
5. Now he is the National Security Advisor for the United States of America.
Here is what the Huffington Post wrote in 2010:
Outgoing National Security Adviser Jim Jones once disparaged his replacement and current deputy, Thomas Donilon, for his lack of overseas experience, telling him that as a result: "You have no credibility with the military," according to Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars."
In addition, Donilon, who previously worked as a vice president for floundering mortgage giant Fannie Mae and was known for his strong views and opinions, once offending Defense Secretary Robert Gates so much during a meeting that the Pentagon chief almost walked out, according to Woodward.
Gates asserted that Donilon would be a "disaster" as National Security Adviser, the book alleges.
You can't make this stuff up.
Mike
