Also, check this out:
Shaw, 65, is a longtime government employee who served in the White House under Presidents Ford, Nixon and Reagan and was an associate deputy secretary in the Department of Commerce.
So, let me guess... we're supposed to believe that Shaw didn't serve under Carter, Bush Sr. and Clinton? Never served under Carter or Clinton in particular?
Reeks of the BS stories we were told that Wesley Clark was really a Republican, that former amb. Joe Wilson was nonpartisan and leaned pubbie, that Richard Clarke was a pubbie, etc. NOne of them were as advertised.
I think the message "served in the White House" is to indicate he was closer to the executive branch at those times vs being in the Department of Commerce or the Department of Defense...
Nevertheless, I agree. The wording attempts to paint him as a long time Republican operative.
What makes sense is Shaw "leaking" a story about the missing explosives to make Bush look like he's lost controls and under cut Putin, as the only world leader who came out for Bush.