[Howlin]

Somewhere tonight I heard that Clark demanded a meeting with Bush -- he got it -- and he discussed CYBER SECURITY.

[Miss Marple]

OMG! Dennis Miller is going to interview Medea Benjamin!

[Indy Pendance]

The Bush Admin knows he is incompentent, that's why they removed him from his position, and gave him access to powerpoint..... hahaha! and eventually was dissed from the admin completely. Clarke is trying to set himself up as a player, possibly a cabinet position, if Kerry wins.

[AF68]

Is Senator Flip-Flop going to come out swinging with this dreck tommorrow? Will this counterfeit hero take the pathetic peanut man's lead and call President Bush a liar?

[StAnDeliver]

"Richard Clarke's Legacy of Miscalculation", SecurityFocus.com, Feb. 17, 2003

Excerpts: "(Clarke) will be remembered for his steadfast belief in the danger of Internet attacks, even while genuine threats developed elsewhere.

Years ago, Clarke bet his national security career on the idea that electronic war was going to be real war. He lost...Saddam will not be brought down by people stealing his e-mail or his generals being spammed with exhortations to surrender.

After being part of the NSC, Clarke was dismissed to Special Advisor for Cyberspace Security on October 9 (2002) in a ceremony led by National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and new homeland security guru Tom Ridge. If it was an advance, it was one to the rear -- a pure demotion.

In 1986, as a State Department bureaucrat with pull, he came up with a plan to battle terrorism and subvert Muammar Qaddafi by having SR-71s produce sonic booms over Libya. This was to be accompanied by rafts washing onto the sands of Tripoli, the aim of which was to create the illusion of a coming attack. When this nonsense was revealed, it created embarrassment for the Reagan administration and was buried."--George Smith

[softengine]

Lol.

[StAnDeliver]

See also ABC News, Oct. 9, 2001 -- "Clarke became well-known for his use of the phrase "electronic Pearl Harbor," when predicting the implications of a cyber-terrorist attack.

Critics say he overstates the threat, perhaps as a tactic to win greater attention, support and resources for government computer defense capabilities."

[cyncooper]

Has anyone else seen Jim Wilkinson tonight?

One of the spokesman for National Security and I remember him during the war giving briefings.

I saw him on Hardball and just a while ago on Hannity and Colmes (which I never watch anymore but stopped when I surfed over and saw him).

He is sharp and he told Chris that he expected to find the book in the "Fiction" section.

He said he had just found out (and he repeated this on H & C), that the original publishing date for Clarke's book was April 27, but all of a sudden it got moved up to coincide with: Clarke's 9/11 Commission appearance.

He said he'd hate to think the Richard Clarke was trying to profit off of 9/11...

I have not seen him since he had to keep correcting the media during the war and he is still a terrific spokesman.