Clarke is a dispicable human being, playing fast and loose with the truth, for personal gain, via book sales.
What these articles lay out is that there was an immediate, sure build up to taking out al-Qaeda, as a policy of the Bush Admininstration.
And it was no "checking off boxes" pseudo plan, as in the Clinton Admin.
MISSED SIGNALS: Many Say U.S. Planned for Terror but Failed to Take Action (Clarke)