Article: Charlie Black's Terrorist Attack Comment--a Flub or the Quiet Truth?(Brief article)

Charlie Black, a former lobbyist and close adviser to Sen. John McCain, told Fortune that a "fresh terrorist attack 'certainly would be a big advantage' (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080624.htm) " to McCain politically. He added that the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto helped McCain in the Republican primaries. McCain quickly condemned his aide's remark. But some say that Black was only expressing what pols have privately been saying for months--that national security events would only ...

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