[JohnRam]

I forgot to post questions here they are

From: SCVIndy (Original Message) Sent: 3/30/2004 6:38 AM
Couple of questions for BL/EP/??

Can you provide quotes from senior Republicans who, in the late 90's, criticized Clinton for not taking more aggressive military action against Al Qida? Esp. quotes after the cruise missle attacks saying do more; esp. quotes from the end of 2000 after the Cole bombing saying strike militarily now.


Can you provide any criticisms of Richard Clarke from Republicans prior to his 60 minutes interview? Perhaps when the Bushies came into power, perhaps in the summer of 01 when he was transferred from terrorism to cyber security, perhaps when he resigned?


Can you identify for us suspect if not incompetent staffers/employees of the Bush White House - like O'Neill and Clarke - now? Is there someway to identify these incompetents other than when they speak out publicly to criticize the White House?

[John Jorsett]

Can you identify for us suspect if not incompetent staffers/employees of the Bush White House - like O'Neill and Clarke - now?

Some would say CIA Director George Tenent.

Is there someway to identify these incompetents other than when they speak out publicly to criticize the White House?

O'Neil was incompetent. Clarke is smart and capable, but also an egomaniacal self-promoter who, according to his own testimony, shades the story according to who he's carrying water for. Since he's pushing a book these days, I guess that would be himself.

[mrsmith]

"Can you provide quotes from senior Republicans who, in the late 90's, criticized Clinton for not taking more aggressive military action against Al Qida? Esp. quotes after the cruise missle attacks saying do more; esp. quotes from the end of 2000 after the Cole bombing saying strike militarily now. "

Didn't Richard Clarke claim to be a Republican?

PBS Frontline Program #2103 "The Man Who Knew" Air date: October 3, 2002
"RICHARD CLARKE: Certainly, after the embassy bombing in Africa in '98, it was very obvious that what John was saying was right, that this was more than a nuisance, that this was a real threat. But I don't think everyone came to the understanding that it was an existential threat. Question was, "You know, this group is more than a nuisance, but are they worth going to war with? After all, they've only attacked two embassies, and maybe that's a cost of doing business. This kind of thing happens. Yes, we should spend some time and some energy trying to get them, but it's not the number-one priority we have." "

A PLAN FOR SADDAM Iraq News, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1998
"...After an extensive study, an ad hoc group pulled together by Clarke concluded-in papers so sensitive they were never circulated below the deputy cabinet level-that, short of invasion, the United States had no good military options on Iraq. Airstrikes were not going to topple Saddam or force him to give the United Nations unfettered access. And UN inspections were overrated: it was simply not feasible to track down all of Saddam's biochemical stash." "

AND in 1991
"...Clarke said the United Nations inspections team has discovered the same pattern of non-compliance exists in the Iraqi chemical weapons field. "Inspections have already revealed that they had chemical weapons of an advanced type that they did not declare to the United Nations." Furthermore, Clarke said, "They had many more weapons than they've declared, and we suspect that they have weapons hidden away throughout the country that they have not yet yielded up for destruction." "

Links to these and other old Clarke quotes Here