[VOA]

It does bother me that he was in such an important position for so long.

In the book "Losing bin Laden", Clarke came off as about the only member of
Clinton's inner circle in favor of a strong response to the USS Cole near-sinking.

At this point, I can only think that Clarke must have even lied to the news reporter
about this...and maybe to himself as well.

[Pinetop]

The overwhelming impression I got from Clarke's appearance was that he was a total failure at his job. He was never able to get anyone to believe what he was saying or accept his warnings.

He also gave me pause when he said that he did not include someone else's version of what happened at a meeting if he thought they were mistaken. (I believe it was Pressler.) So, we're talking a huge Clarke filter on the re-telling of events in his book.