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CIA intelligence is so bad, James Woolsey’s sudden resignation took him by complete surprise.

If a budding author gets three covers of Time magazine in as many months, hostile caricatures on every editorial page, and enough other media mentions for a Nexis printout the size of a Chinese menu, then he will get $4.5-million book deals. High office has nothing to do with it. If Carl Albert were Speaker, he wouldn’t rate a $45 book deal, even if Rupert Murdoch wished to curry favor with him. That said, Speaker Gingrich was politically prudent to let the advance go. When it comes to the mores of the demos, the most powerful politician in America is still Andy Jackson.

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CIA intelligence is so bad, James Woolsey’s sudden resignation took him by complete surprise.

If a budding author gets three covers of Time magazine in as many months, hostile caricatures on every editorial page, and enough other media mentions for a Nexis printout the size of a Chinese menu, then he will get $4.5-million book deals. High office has nothing to do with it. If Carl Albert were Speaker, he wouldn’t rate a $45 book deal, even if Rupert Murdoch wished to curry favor with him. That said, Speaker Gingrich was politically prudent to let the advance go. When it comes to the mores of the demos, the most powerful politician in America is still Andy Jackson.