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Robert Blackwill's Habit of Full Disclosure

By Richard Leiby
Tuesday, November 9, 2004; Page C03

Now that National Security Council aide Robert Blackwill, President Bush's point man on Iraq, is leaving behind the rigors of government service, will he finally find time to purchase curtains for his Georgetown home? His neighbors, who tell us they've seen far too much of him while he dresses, sure hope so.

"We're not prudes. We're not hung up about the human body, but it's just common politeness to not present yourself naked to other people without their permission," says Francis Brooke, who lives with his wife and three kids in a townhouse across from Blackwill's. "It's a bit much. My daughter is 8 years old."

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Residents of the Cloisters development, near Georgetown University, have been getting an unfettered view of the 65-year-old Blackwill since he and his wife bought their two-story, $870,000 townhouse last fall. Blackwill, former U.S. ambassador to India, arrived at the White House in the summer of 2003 and helped establish the interim Iraqi government.

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Blackwill was wrapping up work at the White House yesterday and our query about his curtainless windows was relayed to him. "We don't have any comment," an NSC spokesman said.

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During a visit to Blackwill's home several months ago, Brooke says he dropped hints about the unwelcome view. There was joking in the neighborhood about the need to take up a collection for curtains.

"Perhaps it's been the pressures of the job and civil service salary that had prevented him from buying curtains," Brooke noted yesterday. "We hope he'll do better in the private sector."