SRL for [in their members - only domains of the Pentagon , the NSC Staff , and the State Department]: Not least , they operated without the need to support their prejudices or delusions in authentic high - level debate , flourishing [in their members - only domains of the Pentagon , the NSC Staff , and the State Department] , enjoying exclusive channels of communication to the White House controlled by Cheney , and unchallenged under a President of uniquely closed mind .
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