From
Congressional Quarterly:
On many a workday lunchtime, the nominal boss of U.S. intelligence, John D. Negroponte, can be found at a private club in downtown Washington, getting a massage, taking a swim, and having lunch, followed by a good cigar and a perusal of the daily papers in the club's library.
"He spends three hours there [every] Monday through Friday," gripes a senior counterterrorism official, noting that the former ambassador has a security detail sitting outside all that time in chase cars. Others say they've seen the Director of National Intelligence at the University Club, a 100-year-old mansion-like redoubt of dark oak panels and high ceilings a few blocks from the White House, only "several" times a week.
How very ... uniquely un-American of our intelligence chief. Remember this remarkable exchange
between President Bush and a Nebraska "supporter" during his staged Social Security Loser Palooza Tour?
Woman: "That's good, because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute."
Bush: "You work three jobs?"
Woman: "Three jobs, yes."
Bush: "Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.) Get any sleep? (Laughter.)"
Woman: "Not much. Not much."
This patriotic woman's three jobs are likely funding Negroponte's massages. Undoubtedly her work juggling is funding his necessary "down time." Makes you proud to be uniquely American, doesn't it?
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