Obama's Compartmentalization Tactic Has a Shelf Life

The American Thinker Blog ^ | April 22, 2009 | Lee Cary

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Right now, the President’s compartmentalization tactic is working, but it has a shelf life.

Compartmentalization is a tactic to insulate the top level of an organization, be it one engaged in legal, nefarious or human intelligence gathering, from criticism, prosecution, or discovery, respectively.

For example, in Chicago politics, compartmentalization has, for decades, successfully insulated its mayors from complicity in a variety of alleged questionable activities. “I didn’t know about that,” is the verbal wall that signals compartmentalization.

Organized crime uses compartmentalization to shield its leaders from complicity and prosecution. The Mafia Don sends his orders down through Lieutenants, verbally and in private.

Human intelligence gathering agencies use it to limit exposure to only one level above a compromised clandestine agent.

The Obama administration has, so far, effectively used compartmentalization to shelter the President from criticism. For example:

The stimulus bill was framed as a product of a Democrat Congress, not the President. He preaches fiscal responsibility