Sen. Frist Probes 'Appalling' Clarke for Perjury

Newsmax ^ | Friday, March 26, 2004 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Friday, March 26, 2004

Sen. Frist Probes 'Appalling' Clarke for Perjury

Did Richard Clarke perjure himself this week before the 9/11 commission? Congressional Republicans hope to prove so by declassifying his testimony before the House and Senate intelligence committees in July 2002.

"Mr. Clarke has told two entirely different stories under oath," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said in a fiery speech today on the Senate floor.

The Tennessee Republican said that Clarke was "the only common denominator" across 10 years of terrorist attacks that began with the first attack on the World Trade Center.

He accused Clarke of "an appalling act of profiteering" by cashing in on a book that exploited insider information about the worst terrorist attacks in America's history.

And Frist accused him of making a "theatrical apology" to the families of the terrorist victims before his testimony Wednesday, which was not "his right, his privilege or his responsibility" to do so.

"Mr. Clarke can and will answer for his own conduct, but that is all," the senator said.

He noted that Clarke's testimony in 2002 was "effusive in his praise for the actions of the Bush administration" and that Clarke had praised the administration's successes to reporters in 2002.

Though Clarke has tried to play down his earlier praise of Bush, Frist said, "Loyalty to any administration will be no defense if it is found that he has lied to Congress."

The Associated Press reported today, "No immediate information was available on how the declassification process works, but one GOP aide said the CIA and perhaps the White House would play a role in determining whether to make the testimony public."

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan took a separate jab at Clarke today. "With every new assertion he makes, every revision of his past comments, he only further undermines his credibility."

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks!

[Calpernia]

Bump!

[xzins]

Go for the throat, Sen. Frist.

Dick Clarke is a liar. If he has lied to Congress, then he should pay a price for it.

I'd be satisfied just to have it exposed. In this age of semantic relativism, Clarke's words will mean anything the media elite choose for them to mean.

What is the meaning of "is" would be the hallmark of any trial. Best just to expose him, and then to refuse any further camera time to the liar.

[plain talk]

Well, what do you know, Frist is actually still alive. Is he still the majority leader up there? Wasn't sure whatever happened to the ol' doc. ;-)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Caleb1411 posted this on another thread:

[lilylangtree]

Expose this fraud for the demoncRAT posing as a Pub that he is.

[theDentist]

What? Did someone staple a pair on Frist?

[shield]

HOPE THE GET HIM.

[Myrddin]

Lying under oath? Is that perjury? Anything to make a buck. Maybe it gets better food and stainless steel boxers in prison. Great benefits.

[ladyinred]

Great "cartoon!" So true, so very true.

[NormsRevenge]

But, What about the "New Tone" in Washington *-?

[GLSchnJR]

Its obvious that clarke is trying to sell his book.Maybe if his efforts were focused more on terror during the clinton years instead of trying to cover up for bubba's lying to the country.Whats next Clarke in front of the nation....I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH BIN LADEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sacajaweau]

Ding a ling....Hillary: Do you think they can do that? You said they'd never declassify it because it would endanger national security but..but..

Get ahold of yourself you idiot.

Okay, now what do I do!!

[tractorman]

Look’s like the end of American Grandstand for Dick Clarke.

[Rokurota]

But here's what Clarke will do...

"Okay! Okay! I lied for the Bush admin in 2002. I couldn't help it. You have no idea what it is to work with those guys."

Followed by liberal media spin:

Today on 60 minutes: "Clarke: forced to lie in 2002 by rabid war-hawks in the Bush administraiton. Now he is finally free to tell the truth."

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think this is the NEW TONE!!

See this:

GOP Moves to Declassify Clarke Testimony (Perjury Trap ?) ^

[BOBTHENAILER]

You bet. Here's another.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/26/95600.shtml

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See Link I just posted.

[xzins]

Excellent cartoon!

Think I'll borrow it for my email list. :>)