Drudge Has Inside Scoop On Rumsfeld Book. Explosive Details

The Drudge Report has exclusive details on the new book by Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown.

• Rumsfeld warned in 2001 of Afghan “swamp” and “not to make a career out of transforming Afghanistan;” parts ways with neocons on use of military to spread democracy around the world

• Lashes out at Clinton, Kerry, Biden for flip-flops on Iraq: “You wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with them.”

• Disputes Powell’s claim that he was “duped” by administration on Iraq WMD, says Powell was no Bush administration “maverick”

• Bashes CNN for concealing Saddam’s crimes against humanity prior to start of war

• Document: Rumsfeld pressed for more troops in Tora Bora to get bin Laden in 2001

• Says biggest regret not insisting on resigning after Abu Ghraib

• Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”

• Shares his side of a decades long feud with Bush 41

• Aide tells Rumsfeld on 9/11: “You’re a son of a bitch.” Lives to tell the tale

• Had young Geraldo Rivera arrested in 1970s student protest, when he was known as Jerry Rivers

• Describes surprising encounter with Elvis in The King’s Las Vegas dressing room

• Recounts weird meetings with a confused President-elect Jimmy Carter

• Kissinger during last days of Watergate: “Rummy, we don’t even argue with Nixon anymore”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.