Bush-Obama Crisis Briefings On N. Korea Nukes, Cyberattack, Terror Strike

New York Times:

WASHINGTON -- The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis erupts in the opening days of his administration, part of an elaborate operation devised to smooth the first transition of power since Sept. 11, 2001.

The memorandums envision a variety of volatile possibilities, like a North Korean nuclear explosion, a cyberattack on American computer systems, a terrorist strike on United States facilities overseas or a fresh outbreak of instability in the Middle East, according to people briefed on them. Each then outlines options for Mr. Obama to consider.

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[zippitydoo]

"The administration has invited members of the Obama agency review teams to observe some of those so-called tabletop exercises between now and the inauguration, on Jan. 20."

"tabletop exercises"­??.....umm­m my brain is just waking up but my imagination is running wild with that notion....­...what does one do on top of a table for exercise?

[ApolloSpeaks]

THE LONG KNIVES ARE COMING OUT

As the incoming president will be handcuffed by an Iraq syndrome to start, or engage an aggressive enemy in, a new war the long knives are coming out to challenge US power especially because of declining oil prices and loss of revenue to Russia, Venezuela and nuclear to be terrorist Iran.

[huffy2001]

Whoa! From the headline I thought we were already dead! Good thing I read the story to see that we are actually all still alive.

[kiki800]

Seriously!!!!!

[mikep007]

Hmmm... the author, Peter Baker used the right wing Heritage Foundation as it's source. BAD IDEA!

[northstar11]

let your imagination run wild and dont forget the perfume sprayers --frank "delighted" gaffney is deathly afraid of them.

[MNmommy]

Matthews' smack-down was a thing to behold yesterday.

[scandals-n-skeletons]

tweety really shines sometimes

[ThunderclapNewman]

His best performance in months.

And Gaffney deserved far worse treatment.

[MIMom]

Watched it last night at the midnight showing. Wow. It was classic.

[LHoney]

All I could think of was Batman with Jack Nicholson!

[lissak]

HuffPo, you are dangerously close to becoming a joke. Stop with the tabloid headlines.

[naturallight]

Jezuz H Krist Huffpo!!!

After my mild heart arrack and the loading of a few assault weapons I came the sudden realization that this headline in RED Screaming Letters was not real, but simply inflammatory sensational TMZ style web BS.

[bygollymissmolly]

I certainly hope that Obama ignores Bush's advice on what to do in the case of an international crisis. Personally I trust Obama's judgment much more than Bush's.

[fumes2]

"Personally I trust Obama's judgment"

Based on what?

[BrahminNoodles]

What happened to fumes?

[SupremeIdiot]

Oooooh, I don't know? Maybe that "W" has the worst judgement of anyone in the known universe and that my 11 yo is better equipped to handle a crisis?

[greatbear451]

I trust Daffy Duck's judgment more than I trust Bush's, so that's not a tough hurdle for Obama to get over.

[Moarku]

EDITORS:

You guys need to change the headline on the front page. It reads like all those events actually happened, rather than just about a briefing from the White House about contingency plans (the way the actual headline on this page does). You're going to freak some people out with that.

[Q2]

I agree. I had a bit of a freak-out just a minute ago when I saw the headlines! Perhaps a leader: "Topics to be discussed:­..."

[MIMom]

Scare much, Hu.ffy? Sheesh.

[fishretired]

Unfortunate the way the headlines were putout on HuffPo - Love you anyway, but quite with the scare tactic headlines

[jhallbo]

All the WhiteHouse contigencey plans strangely begin with the same option; b.om.b them.

[MNmommy]

Isn't it troII feeding time?

[BrahminNoodles]

You missed "In_Vino_Veritas'" meltdown last night.

WHOA!

[scandals-n-skeletons]

You would have been proud of me last night.
I made "Active" run away with tail between legs.
And if it reappears I will crush

[MNmommy]

Vogie? He's been getting banned, A LOT, lately. Or was it Neo?

[SupremeIdiot]

Yes and catshit sandwich shares are one of the few things doing well on Wall St.

[Mogamboguru]

This thread is limping along...

MORE STEAM, HUFFPO!

[vagabondstory]

these huge headlines are getting more and more tabloid by the day.. just inducing more fear
http://www.vagabondstory.com

[MNmommy]

Thanks bl0gpimp.