[Steve_Seattle]

The mainstream media will spin this - if they acknowledge it at all - as, "When still with the Bush administration, Clarke - fearing for his life or his career - was afraid to speak the truth." Only after leaving the administration could he unburden himself and come forward with the horrible truth about the Bush adinistration.

[babaloo]

Reminds me of the "I voted for the 87 billion before I voted against it" theory of butt-covering.