"Of course I didn’t talk to the President! The President’s not awake at four AM! I can tell you who’s up at four AM , at the White House national security desk. It’s this brand-new, young, military aide from Colorado. He’s a fresh new transition-team guy. It’s his very first day on the job. He’s working the graveyard shift. He’s kinda twitchy. Nothing important has ever happened to him before. He’s not real streetwise. And he’s not that hard a guy to reach, either—especially if you call him on twenty or thirty phones, all at once."