Now THIS has to make the Obama administration a bit nervous. Seems that weeks ago, Glenn Beck began talking about Anita Dunn's love of Chairman Mao and said he got a top secret tip that her husband was about to become White House Counsel. Turns out, he was right.
In the first major shakeup among President Obama’s senior staff, CNN has learned that White House Counsel Greg Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over the struggle to close the U.S. Military prison at Guantanamo.
A senior administration official and a senior Democratic source confirmed the move will be officially announced by the White House in coming days. The sources said it could be announced as early as Friday in Washington while the President will be in Japan starting a four-nation tour of Asia, which would make it likely the staff change will be overshadowed by other events.
Reached late Thursday evening by telephone for reaction, Craig told CNN, “I’m not going to comment” before hanging up.
Bauer is the husband of outgoing White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, who recently led a so-called “war” on Fox News. Dunn earlier this week announced she is leaving her White House post [CNN]
Beck was having fun a few weeks ago when he pretended to let it "slip" that Bauer was headed for this post. Since no other media source had confirmed the story Beck's report was held up as further evidence that he is just plain crazy.
Now, with CNN confirming that Beck's insider information was correct, the Obama administration has to be concerned over leaks. This could become a whole lot of fun.
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