Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism.

The Clinton Administration years
Sidney Blumenthal served as assistant and senior adviser to Bill Clinton from August 1997 until January 2001. With the assistance of other evidence and arguments the Senate acquitted Clinton of perjury and impeachment proceedings ended. This allegation contradicted Blumenthal's own sworn deposition in the trial and it resulted in a hostile exchange of opinion between the two.

Bush. Over a career of twenty years he became editor of several departments and wrote for several publications including The Washington Post Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.