] The OSI was Rove's idea, created shortly after President
] Bush was elected in 2000. It is the smallest unit in the
] Rove empire, with six employees, and represents the
] closest thing the White House has to an in-house think
] tank.
]
] The office, tucked away on the fourth floor of the
] Eisenhower Executive Office Building, conducts research
] on the presidency -- looking for historical patterns or
] analogies to guide the administration's strategic
] thinking.

This seems eerily like the Nazi Ahnenerbe (Ancestral Heritage) Department. They were scientists who made historic "discoveries" to justify Hilter's policies of Aryan supremacy and Jewish Conspirancy.

Resident Thinker Given Free Rein In White House