[watchout]

Pro-China NSC? Washington China hands who are hard-liners on Beijing are quietly voicing their concern about the recent appointment of CIA analyst Dennis Wilder to be the top China specialist on the National Security Council staff. Mr. Wilder is viewed by conservatives as one of the most liberal CIA analysts on China. He is seen as a major player in enforcing the "China-is-not-a-threat" political line within the intelligence and policy communities. NSC spokesman Sean McCormack said he is unaware of conservative criticism of Mr. Wilder. "He's a career professional and we think he's the right man for the job," he said.

[martin_fierro]

In response, Bill Richardson very earnestly sucked his thumb.

[Chaguito]

A story came out about a week ago that a previous missing data flap was over data that was not missing at all. Now this. I find the timing very suspicious. Somebody wants to minimize this.