So why is Ken Pollack the "consultant" of the hour for cable news shows?

[Skidmore]

I think who they end up with as the talking head is a good indication of what the government wants to sell. What are they selling with him. Most of these think tanks are extensions of the administration and the Republican party now. Why is Ken Pollack's face suddenly everywhere?

[acmejack]

1. Well, he wrote this last year: "Taking on Tehran"

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THE TICKING CLOCK

Even as the United States struggles to fix the troubled reconstruction of Iraq, the next big national security crisis has already descended on Washington. Investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have discovered that Iran is trying to acquire the capability to enrich uranium and separate plutonium, activities that would allow it to make fissile material for nuclear weapons. Revelations of Iran's massive secret program have convinced even doubtful European governments that Tehran's ultimate aim is to acquire the weapons or, at least, the ability to produce them whenever it wants.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050301faessay84204/kenneth-pollack-ray-takeyh/taking-on-tehran.html

And as you know he wrote that charming piece of fiction in 2001, "The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq"