Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Bush & Obama Officials Play "War Games"

White House Situation Room (Photo from The White House)

From ABC News:

Top officials from the Bush Administration invited the men and women who will replace them in just one week to join them for a two and a half hour hypothetical terrorist attack.

The drill, in which U.S. cities from coast to coast were attacked by terrorists using improvised explosive devices in coordinated attacks, allowed, for instance, the National Security Adviser-designate for President-elect Obama to watch as President Bush’s National Security Adviser, Stephen Hadley, responded with various recommendations.

“We want this new team to be as successful as they possible can be especially in the areas of national and homeland security,” current White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten said before the exercise, standing with the White House Chief of Staff-in-waiting Rahm Emanuel.

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