Read Slade Gorton\'s Biography

354 slade gorton: a half century in politics the attack. Indeed, if actionable intelligence had appeared—which it did not—9/11 ...

confRontAtion And consensus 355 chase. If your recommendations had been implemented, he asked Clarke, “is there the remotest cha ...

356 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics there is friction.... So, the challenge to make a political institution work is to ...

357 42 | The Nature of the Enemy P ogo the co, Mic stRip possuM, famously observed, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” The co ...

358 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics ‘What a wonderful world we live in! We can do whatever we want to do to the Great S ...

the nAtuRe of the eneMy 359 down fiefdoms and creating creative teams able to think like the enemy. Not only does intelligence w ...

360 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics when the terrorists have created more problems for their co-religionists than they ...

the nAtuRe of the eneMy 361 reluctant to hand over to the new office full operational control of the $40 billion annual intellig ...

362 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics members who spoke out about the opponents. “There is a clear attempt afoot to margi ...

the nAtuRe of the eneMy 363 enemies. His 18 years in the Senate had impressed upon him the need for independent oversight of sec ...

364 43 | Petroleum and Beyond B Rettishi p RoLeuM LAunched a $200 million public-relations campaign in 2000 to style itself as “ ...

petRoLeuM And Beyond 365 That Gorton knew Baker wouldn’t have it any other way was the key reason he signed up immediately when ...

366 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics equipment malfunctions and overfilling a pressurized tower. Process safety is syste ...

petRoLeuM And Beyond 367 toll. “To change hearts and minds and the attitudes individuals have to- ward their jobs is a difficult ...

368 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics lief,” asserting that Republicans didn’t make a fuss over errors in other counties ...

petRoLeuM And Beyond 369 that day. He stood up there knowing there wasn’t the remotest chance he could win. He balanced his mess ...

370 44 | Not So Super G ed osonRt Av BAseBALL foR seAttLe but couldn’t come up with a buzzer-beater for basketball. By the end o ...

not so supeR 371 to keep the team or land a replacement. Gorton criticized the governor and legislative leaders for “a failure o ...

372 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics The poisoned well wasn’t “as nefarious as the title seemed,” Art Thiel noted in the ...

not so supeR 373 trial. There are only villains... plaintiffs, defendants, everyone—wear- ing sullied suits, looking like rivals ...