Subject: MOU response from WH
From: Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Sara Latham <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:49:11 -0500

See below.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gottesman, Blake L. <[email-masked]>
To: Chris Lu
Cc: Isakson, Curtis M. <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sun Nov 09 06:43:06 2008
Subject: Re: quick question

Thx again for checking with us.

No concerns w/ John talking about having reached agreement much sooner than the two parties have traditionally been able to in past transitions.  Only thought is that we may want to focus on the concept rather than the actual document/memo -- eg, agreement on a process to govern the contact between the president-elect's team and the Admin at depts/ agencies.

Given the MOU's eventually wide distro, we fully expect it will get out, or at least its existence is likely to become known, at some point.  Nevertheless, for now focusing on the agreement rather than calling attention to the document might be the most prudent course.

Make sense?

----- Original Message -----
From: Gottesman, Blake L.
To: [email-masked]' <[email-masked]>
Cc: Isakson, Curtis M.
Sent: Sat Nov 08 17:54:57 2008
Subject: Re: quick question

I'll check and get back to you.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
To: Gottesman, Blake L.
Cc: Isakson, Curtis M.
Sent: Sat Nov 08 17:51:05 2008
Subject: quick question

Podesta is going on Fox News Sunday tomorrow.  As an example of the wonderful cooperation between our camps, he'd like to say that he and Bolten just signed an MOU.  Of course, that will trigger the inevitable press request to see it.  Would either the disclosure of the MOU or the subsequent release of it be problematic from your standpoint?