Cambone

WITH AN APPEAL the devil himself might appreciate, Assistant Secretary Secretary of of Defense Stephen Cambone is at the center of an effort to get around John McCain†™ s no torture amendment.

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Rumsfeld’s lieutenant Stephen Cambone is running the DIA and all the rest of the Pentagon Intelligence; I imagine they spend more time worrying about the anti-war movement then they do about terrorists in Iraq.

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But Eric Schmitt of the * Times* is oblivious to what is most important about Cambone, which is his role in Donald Rumsfeld's all but completed redesign of the Pentagon as an independent branch of government -- or rather, a government within the government, independent of oversight.

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In other words, when the * Times* calls Cambone "the Pentagon's intelligence czar," it's more than just a metaphor.

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At the time, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Bush changes were made because defense undersecretaries, such as Cambone, had a "broad knowledge and perspective of overall Defense Department operations," whereas the service leaders focused on training and equipping troops in their particular service.

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At the time, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Bush changes were made because defense undersecretaries, such as Cambone, had a "broad knowledge and perspective of overall Defense Department operations," whereas the service leaders focused on training and equipping troops in their particular service.

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At the time, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Bush changes were made because defense undersecretaries, such as Cambone, had a "broad knowledge and perspective of overall Defense Department operations," whereas the service leaders focused on training and equipping troops in their particular service.

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And to Steve Cambone, his special assistant: I think you always should have the current calendar on the plastic holder on the back desk behind me, even though I have one in my pocket.

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And to Steve Cambone, his special assistant: I think you always should have the current calendar on the plastic holder on the back desk behind me, even though I have one in my pocket.

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Donald Rumsfeld created that position for his chief acolyte, Steve Cambone, so he could consolidate control over the roughly 90 percent of the intelligence community located within the Defense Dept.

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