On November 26 , 2000 , then President-elect George W. Bush appointed Lindauer 's second cousin , Andrew Card , as White House Chief of Staff upon his inauguration . Card had previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Secretary of Transportation for George H. W. Bush , and had been selected by George W. Bush to run the 2000 Republican National Convention . Starting in 2000 , Lindauer delivered multiple letters to Card , leaving them on the doorstep of his home in Northern Virginia . In her letters , she urged Card to intercede with President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq , and offered to act as a back channel in negotiations . Over approximately two years , Lindauer wrote Card a total of eleven letters , the last on January 6 , 2003 , two months before the invasion of Iraq . Card later told the FBI that Lindauer had tried to contact him several times , but according to a statement by White House spokesman Scott McClellan , Card did not recall seeing or talking to Lindauer after the January 2001 inauguration
2000 Republican National Convention
2000 Republican National Convention
Susan Lindauer