The Post reports a backstory as to why Robert Blackwill has abruptly departed the NSC, and joined the White House-connected lobbying firm, Barbour, Griffith and Rogers. Meantime, on an entirely different matter, one notes, the Post's State Department correspondent Robin Wright is in Tehran. Meantime, this NYT story on the Gonzalez nomination suggests Bush's national security team is largely staying put for the moment -- Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld. Update: Greg is operating using IAEA standards of proof when it comes to interpreting the signs in Washington about where things are headed. Doesn't mean he's wrong. Just by the time we know, it may be too late.

Posted by Laura at November 12, 2004 12:06 AM