John D. Rockefeller IV, a wealthy man representing a poor state, had been the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee for six months when he sat down to a secret briefing on July 17, 2003. What he heard alarmed him so much that immediately afterward he wrote two identical letters, by hand, expressing his concerns.He sent one to Vice President Cheney and placed the other -- as he pointedly warned Cheney he would -- in a safe in case anyone in the future might challenge his version of what happened. Rockefeller proved prophetic. Yesterday the 21-year Senate veteran from West Virginia released his copy of the letter -- which when written, was so sensitive he dared not allow a staffer to read it, let alone type it.
Covering the bases?
And on a side note, it must be fact because the WP says it is. Could that story be more emotional and sympathetic? Good Lord, it's so obvious that it is an insult to the itelligence of the reader.
Sensitive is right. It's probably not good to let your staffers know that you can't tie your own shoes without their help. Poor Rock-head-fellar.
What a big old steaming pile of ....