Given a choice of trusting the word of a fellow former AF officer/pilot or trusting your kneejerk appraisal, I'll trust the author.
By the way.........think for two seconds about what happens to someone who is not only a military officer (Clinton WAS the CinC) but working in a highly responsible position close to the President.....writing a tell-all book or otherwise going public while that President is still in office. Don't be so damned naive.