The Climber : Bill Richardson's glorious career.(Sec. of Energy)

National Review | August 30, 1999| | Copyright

Just a minute or two into his Senate testimony on June 9, secretary of energy Bill Richardson began scolding members of the intelligence committee sitting before him. "This amendment would undermine my authority," he said of a plan to enhance weapons-lab security in the wake of the China spy revelations. "I understand that some modifications have been made to the amendment in the last day, which I think shows that the amendment was not carefully drafted."

That brash comment raised eyebrows throughout the room. The changes had actually been made at Richardson's own ...

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