Also:
I'm just catching up on a workday lost to a few setbacks: some snail related, some more personal.
Regarding the Snail: I'm going to go across town to see if I can find a nice refurbished laptop to replace it... later this week.
Lots of catching up to do first!
But my newsletter on McNamara went out this morning to subscribers, with a wee opening essay reflecting on why we can't seem to learn from history, free to read by all.
More soon! Email next.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/on-foxes-henhouses-and-the-fog-of
@MLClark I know you know this but, for others reading this thread, here is the evidence that the cabinet secretaries were talking about. Judicial Watch used a FOIA and a lawsuit to obtain the map.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/cheney-energy-task-force-documents-feature-map-of-iraqi-oilfields/
@MLClark Also for other readers, here's a September 2007 article in The Nation that recounts what Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said about that National Security Council meeting and Rumsfeld talking about seizing the oil fields.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-bushs-iraqi-oil-grab-went-awry/
Later in the article, it notes that Cheney's former company Halliburton had prepared a document on how to take over operations of the Iraqi oil fields.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-bushs-iraqi-oil-grab-went-awry/