So long, Rummy: A final tribute

November 11th, 2006

“Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
                   —Donald Rumsfeld

2 Responses to “So long, Rummy: A final tribute”

  1. Caroline Says:

    Seems to me his problem was with the one he didn’t mention. Unknown knowns — things he thought he knew but really didn’t.

  2. Anne Says:

    Caroline summed it up succinctly. I wish I had seen this sooner. Maybe I could have beaten her to the comment.

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