Subject: Re: One more thought
From: "Denis McDonough" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:29:36 -0500

Forgot to mention another thing: we gotta figure our security. Our tech guy is in wdc tomorro.   We're getting coffee at starbuck's at 9 ar 14 and ny. He's got the full history of our deal. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Denis McDonough
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sun Oct 12 13:20:21 2008
Subject: RE: One more thought

Yes.  202 689 4621. 

Driving to trinity for a baptism. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Podesta [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:18 PM
To: Denis McDonough
Subject: Re: One more thought

are you at a number I can reach you at now?

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Denis McDonough
<[email-masked]> wrote:
> Will there be one person overseeing all nat'l security transition team?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
> To: Denis McDonough
> Sent: Sat Oct 11 21:49:15 2008
> Subject: Re: One more thought
>
> Fyi. We are not using clusters as a meaningful structure.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Denis McDonough" <[email-masked]>
>
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:08:46
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Subject: RE: One more thought
>
>
> Thanks for this.  Jim is first rate. Would be valuable to get them
> together. And he seems to be working tirelessly on transition stuff.  In
> my humble opinion, we need to empower him to press ahead on some
> planning stuff and make him the cluster head of the national security
> team.
>
> This economy is crazy.  What is happening here?  This has to push Bush
> to the absolute bottom and earn him the moniker of worst president ever.
>
>
> You doing all right?
>
> DM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:09 PM
> To: Mike Froman
> Cc: Denis McDonough
> Subject: Re: One more thought
>
> Yes we should move on this.
> ------Original Message------
> From: Mike Froman
> To: [email-masked]
> Sent: Oct 11, 2008 12:50 PM
> Subject: Fw: One more thought
>
>
> How would you like me to respond to this?  I received a separate message
> on Jim J. I'll forward you.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>
> To: Froman, Michael B [CAI]
> Sent: Sat Oct 11 12:48:24 2008
> Subject: One more thought
>
> Mike -
>
> Denis and I were chatting and we thought that it would be good to get
> Jim S in the mix for a meeting with O, for a # of reasons:
>
> 1) O may end up prefering Jim over the other guy, 2) we want Jim to have
> a key role/big job no matter what the outcome of #1 and 3) the other guy
> could say no.
>
> Jim was on the trip, but his ability to spend much time with O was quite
> limited.  Despite all of us expressing our high regard for Jim, there is
> no substitute for a little face to face time w/ Jim.  Another option
> might be to put Jim on the plane for a leg, under the guise of him
> briefing O on an issue (like McFaul did).  O you can have a failry
> private chat on the plane at the table.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mark
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
>
>
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>