[Peach]

That's an excellent analogy between Scott Ritter and Clarke and how they have both done a 180. I hadn't quite looked at it in those terms.

That people are so willing to compromise their principles and core beliefs and their country for $$ is beyond dispute. What I'd like to know if it was just the $$ or did someone "get" to them?

[Miss Marple]

Or, my biggest fear, that they were compromised early on and have been waiting to sabotage things.

What if the Clarke we saw on 60 minutes was the REAL Clarke? What if he has been mamnipulating policy from within the NSC for a long time?

Same with Ritter...what if his mission was not to spy on inspections as it was to sow division in the US government, regardless of who the president was?

This is very tin foil thinking, but I am wondering if China is somehow involved in this. It seems like a Chinese-type plan. Clarke is doing the same thing...sowing discord and attempting to erode support.