From The Lede
Wolfowitz May Return as Arms Control Advisor
By Mike Nizza
If you’ve never heard of the State Department’s International Security Advisory Board, it may be because the name recently changed. And if its former moniker — the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board — still doesn’t ring a bell, you may recognize some of the current members, including former chiefs of the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Still at a loss? Don’t be disappointed in yourself — the board has been almost famous for years, toiling away on vital arms control issues without much notoriety. But that may be about to change if Newsweek’s report is confirmed:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has offered [Paul D.] Wolfowitz … a position as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a prestigious State Department panel, according to two department sources who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters.“We think he is well suited and will do an excellent job,” one unnamed senior official old Newsweek.
Another official called the reported appointment “amazing.” That comment alluded to Mr. Wolfowitz’s staunch support for the Iraq War when he was deputy secretary of defense under President George W. Bush. He hasn’t won much good will since then, either during a relatively quick rise and fall as World Bank president, or in his current post at a conservative think tank in Washington.
But if nothing else, Mr. Wolfowitz really needs no introduction, especially to his detractors on the blogs, who are a puzzled, angry lot today:
The Next Hurrah: “Condi, is it a coincidence that so many people responsible for gaming the intelligence to get us into Iraq are on your advisory board?”
The Brad Blog: “In Bushworld, incompetence must be rewarded.”
Arms Control Wonk: “Andrew Sullivan has a better line than I can muster.”
Andrew Sullivan: “He’s advising Condi on WMDs. Curveball wasn’t available?”
Wolfowitz May Return as Arms Control Advisor
By Mike Nizza
If you’ve never heard of the State Department’s International Security Advisory Board, it may be because the name recently changed. And if its former moniker — the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board — still doesn’t ring a bell, you may recognize some of the current members, including former chiefs of the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Still at a loss? Don’t be disappointed in yourself — the board has been almost famous for years, toiling away on vital arms control issues without much notoriety. But that may be about to change if Newsweek’s report is confirmed:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has offered [Paul D.] Wolfowitz … a position as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a prestigious State Department panel, according to two department sources who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters.“We think he is well suited and will do an excellent job,” one unnamed senior official old Newsweek.
Another official called the reported appointment “amazing.” That comment alluded to Mr. Wolfowitz’s staunch support for the Iraq War when he was deputy secretary of defense under President George W. Bush. He hasn’t won much good will since then, either during a relatively quick rise and fall as World Bank president, or in his current post at a conservative think tank in Washington.
But if nothing else, Mr. Wolfowitz really needs no introduction, especially to his detractors on the blogs, who are a puzzled, angry lot today:
The Next Hurrah: “Condi, is it a coincidence that so many people responsible for gaming the intelligence to get us into Iraq are on your advisory board?”
The Brad Blog: “In Bushworld, incompetence must be rewarded.”
Arms Control Wonk: “Andrew Sullivan has a better line than I can muster.”
Andrew Sullivan: “He’s advising Condi on WMDs. Curveball wasn’t available?”
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