Did you not read the article?
In the conversation, cleared by the White House on Wednesday for distribution
Angle found the tape and then he cleared it with the White House.
Try not to be so damn obvious.
So what? This conversation proves that Richard Clark made a lot of stuff up. If you make a statement you should be held accountable for it.
Boy John, you are on to something here. How Machiavellian of the Bush administration to have the foresight to see that Clarke would come out with this book, and before he had even planned the book arranged for him to give a background briefing to some reporters (such briefings are taped), and to ensure that of all the reporters present, one would be Jim Angle. And then, when Clarke would get the idea for the book, resign, and contradict everything that he said in the briefing, they would give clearance for that briefing to be released. Those bastards!
Actually, what happened was that Angle remembered the background briefing, asked if it could be used, and the White House, which had the tape, had to approve its release, since it was originally just for background.
Are you suggesting that the administration should have refused to provide the tape of the meeting which Angle remembered?
In the conversation, cleared by the White House on Wednesday for distributionFox News reporter Jim Angle had the tape of Clark in his files.
But before releasing it on air, Fox called the White House to make sure it wasn't exposing any national secrets or anything. The White House said OK. It didn't see anything wrong with releasing it.
That was a very responsible thing to do on Fox's part considering that Clarke was a national security official.