The blame game...

Washington Times ^ | 3/24/04 | Cal Thomas

[kattracks]

At least two things should raise suspicions about the motives of Richard Clarke, the former antiterrorism adviser to four presidents, whose name, face and book were all over the newspapers last weekend and on "60 Minutes" Sunday night. One is that Mr. Clarke's book, in which he accuses the Bush administration of not heeding "warnings" from the Clinton administration about possible terrorist attacks by al Qaeda, was available only to journalists and not to those in the administration on the receiving end of Mr. Clarke's criticism. So says an administration spokesman with whom I spoke. The other red flag that should make us cautious about Mr. Clarke's assertions is that his former deputy, Rand Beers, is now an adviser to the presidential campaign of John F. Kerry. Part of Mr. Kerry's campaign strategy is to persuade the public President Bush has failed to effectively fight the war on terror.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[thoughtomator]

I almost can't believe how stupid the Dems were to pull this stunt... an investigation of the causes of 9/11 is the last thing they need.

[Steven W.]

especially how bad Clarke makes them look. I can't wait to see him explain his psychic rationale for the 93 WTC, his philosophy on understanding the terrorists, his 2000 powerpoint that supposedly outlined how AlQaeda cells had organized in the US while the Clinton administration sat around and did nothing ....