Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Rumsfeld Has Left The Building -- Sort of

Read all about it and weep:
Rumfeld Remains Defense Department 'Consultant,' Opens 'Transition Office' Near Pentagon
Rumsfeld's transition raises questions according to �The Washington Times:
"Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has left the Pentagon, but not the Defense Department.

On Jan. 4, Mr. Rumsfeld opened a government-provided transition office in Arlington and has seven Pentagon-paid staffers working for him, a Pentagon official said.

The Pentagon lists Mr. Rumsfeld as a "nonpaid consultant," a status he needs in order to review secret and top-secret documents, the official said.

Mr. Rumsfeld and his aides, who include close adviser Stephen Cambone, are sifting through the thousands of pages of documents generated during his tenure...."

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