We have no idea if that's true.
Sooooooo, you're saying he was there because of his background? Oh, who was his lover...are you going with McClellan or straight to the top DUmmie dream come true of GWB? Do tell us how you come to this learned thought.
Good grief.
I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that his past was completely unknown to anyone in the adminstration.
I don't think a sane person would conclude anything like that from what I said. What I said was we don't know.