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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Comments

[Rog49Thomas]

And the neat thing about all Pan's contingency plans is they have the same conclusion and recommended policy response: start a war and give the rich another unnecessary tax cut.

With friends like these ...

[MNmommy]

The media just needs to understand, Ballet Boys can do NO wrong.

[RobertaInCT]

LOL

[sharonh]

I don't get it.

[MNmommy]

"The facts: Emanuel did study ballet when he was growing up and even had a chance to go to college on a ballet scholarship."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=6207491&page=1

[scandals-n-skeletons]

OK after all the Jo ? axel posts I had to go watch for myself (dog, how I love my DVR)
My opinion is Axel got the better of Jo, however there do seem to be some inconsistencies
where Rahm is concerned.

Watchin Jo kiss-up at the end was funny, as well as Mika's "tonal" question.

W T F are "tonal" questions? Did her dad call and tell her to use that to sound smart.

[Chibikim]

Not to change the subject but im sure it will be mentioned in the HP soon but Obama has been named person of the year. Here is the what the cover will look like!

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear

[vagabondstory]

gobama baby!

[Misha-in-Texas]

Tiff & MNMommy should do the Mornin' Hoe liveblog like Jason Linkins does on Sundays. (I guess you kind of do that already).

[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

We do, don't we?

Love it.

[RobertaInCT]

I'm a regular...............I love their take on Joe and Mika.....:)

[MIMom]

Can I help? I wanna play!

[peterg76]

The White House crisis management plans have been so successful...

[bascombe]

quote: "here's what we're dumping on you."

[BrahminNoodles]

EllisWyatt
Morning Joe is excoriating Axelrod. Will Axelrod be able to respond truthfully?
Posted 08:37 AM on 12/17/2008

...Then, after watching the intro, shortbus had to sit through watching the rest of the interview.

~snicker~

[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

Superbus didn't see it.

LOL

[sugarmoes]

bush/cheney told clinton to go fck himself when he told them to keep their eye closely on bin laden.

remember that, america.

war crimes trials.

don't let them get away with it and set a precendent for war crimes.

prison for bush cheney rove libby, etc.

[MNmommy]

Lizz is smart, she went to really good High School. Heh.

[IntelligentDesign]

Why in God's name would anybody willingly torture themselves by tuning into Morning Joe?

[RobertaInCT]

I didn't watch, I wait for MN and Tiff to post his daily rants..........:)

[BrahminNoodles]

Their synopsis is sufficient.

:)

[Misha-in-Texas]

Me too. I did hear the very end of Joe saying what he learned about Axelrod.

[scandals-n-skeletons]

me too

[k6007]

It's so horrible, that...... It's hard to look away.

[MNmommy]

Heh, were like newshounds, we watch so you don't have to. ;)

[solid]

Thank you. I could never stomach watching Morning Joke, Hannity, O'really, Dobbs, Limballs, et. al.

[MNmommy]

we're even... you'll just have to deal with my typos along with my reports. (actually I am horribly homonym challenged)

[popizzy]

your right that's why I barely watch this show but for some reason I watched this morning....and it was great to see Axelrod put the smack down on Joe and Mika.......I loved every minute of it!!

[Chavez08]

The only terrorists we have to worry about are going into hiding on January 20 and the war (against the middle class) will be dealt with the same day.

[k6007]

lol

[k6007]

Ok, that was weird...

Very funny, Journey80.

[journey80]

I hope Obama's team knows to reverse every single thing Bush tells them.

[LHoney]

"The real test for Mr. Obama will be projecting leadership." This administration will be helping President Obama with this??????? HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

[Chibikim]

LOL!