Tucker Carlson: “Zelikow gave himself total control over the hiring process.”

“And so what I believe is that he just basically had the outline, knew that it was a, quote, unquote, safe outline. It was probably approved by the Bush administration. His second move was to consolidate his power. Zelikow gave himself total control over the hiring process. He at first tried to block the staffers from communicating with the commissioners. In a now public memo, Zelikow cut off his staff's access to the commissioners.” (17:34–17:39)

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