Donald Rumsfeld in The Test of our Times


On Homeland Security: 2004 "snowflake": keep terrorism alive as an issue

In August 2004, John Kerry had just been nominated for president at the Democratic Party convention. Our announcement, as delivered with the loaded words, "the result of the president's leadership," was seen by some as a way to divert attention from that event and to reinforce in the minds of Americans that--even as Democrats enjoyed their hour upon the political stage--only the Republican incumbent could keep America safe.

On November 1, 2007, The Washington Post reported that Donald Rumsfeld's "snowflakes," his memos to staff members, had pointed out the need to keep terrorism alive as an issue throughout his tenure as secretary. Terrorism was a legitimate issue, and references to it benefited the administration politically.

Source: The Test of our Times, by Tom Ridge, p.233-234 Sep 1, 2009

The above quotations are from The Test of our Times:
America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again, by Gov. Tom Ridge.
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