Senior official in Bush domestic propaganda program remains Obama’s Pentagon spokesman

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running the program out of that office rather than from the agency’s regular press office, “the decision recalled other Bush administration tactics that subverted traditional journalism.” In addition to concealing the true nature of the program and the retired military officers’ participation in it, this tactic produced one other effect.

Additionally, while political appointees tend to come and go with each new administration, Whitman would be there before the program and he would be there after it. His status as a career civil servant, the fact that he’s worked for both Democratic and Republican administrations – something he points out often in public settings and did at the close of his recent phone interview with Raw Story — has also served to buffer him thus far from scrutiny regarding his involvement in this program.

http://rawstory.com/2009/09/bryan-whitman-part-1/


External articles
"Coalition Joint Task Force Seven Commander Live Briefing from Baghdad," "<1>", Department of Defense DefenseLink News, 13 June 2003, accessed August 2008.
"Bush/Rumsfeld political hack, Bryan Whitman, behind the latest GOP attack on Obama. Whitman's done that before for the GOP." "<2>", AmericaBlog, 26 July 2008, accessed August 2008.
"Defense Department Special Briefing on Military Commissions," "<3>", Department of Defense DefenseLink News, 19 July 2005, accessed August 2008. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bryan_Whitman

Since he worked for both Democrates and Republicans is he considered a stay behind?