"The Council on Foreign Relations is a formidable place filled with formidable people -- former Cabinet secretaries and ambassadors, current CEOs and pundits of the media elite -- who've fired their reputations over the years in the foreign policy kiln," noted the February 26 Washington Post. "Even its headquarters -- at Park Avenue and 68th Street in Manhattan, in a mansion once owned by a Standard Oil director -- speaks of status, of power." “High officials leaving government go to the council to roost,” continues the report. “Those seeking the reverse trek use the council to launch government careers. Heads...