Digby: Hack Diplomacy

Someone (Josh Marshall?) put out the call the other day for examples of other federal departments filled with political hacks. I've just noticed a doozy, featuring my favorite uber-operative, Jim Wilkinson.

Here's some backround on Jimbo from last fall:

Jim Wilkinson (James R. Wilkinson), who served as General Tommy R. Franks' director of strategic communications, is deputy national security advisor for communications as of December 2003. Wilkinson "will craft long-term messaging strategy for the National Security Council" and report to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and White House communications director Dan Bartlett.[1]