Of course the story line from Tom Ricks and others is that someone in the White House--probably Cheney--did it. But I don't know if Feith provides another explanation. Haven't gotten that far yet and have to put the book down to write an MSM citation. Given the rancor between DoD and State, my guess would be that if Rumsfeld himself didn't orgininate the restrictions, he didn't oppose them.
That said, even had Garner hired Tom Warrick and everyone else he wanted, the net effect would have been marginal. The problems were much too big for a few experts to solve by the time ORHA was created.
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