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Against Selected Enemies (Richard Miniter on Clarke)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| April 1, 2004
| RICHARD MINITER
Posted on 03/31/2004 11:39:14 PM PST by neverdem
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A year ago, I thought Richard A. Clarke, President Clinton's counterterror czar, was a hero. He and his small band of officials fought a long battle to focus the bureaucracy on stopping Osama bin Laden long before 9/11. For my own book, I interviewed Mr. Clarke extensively and found him to be blunt and forthright. He remembered whole conversations from inside the Situation Room.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: againstallenemies; alqaeda; bookreview; iraq; richardclarke; richardminiter; terrorism
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To: Howlin
Newsflash: Condi to testify NEXT Thursday!! Give 'em he**, Condi !
Clarke, you're gonna regret the day you opened up your mouth with those lies ! |
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posted on
04/01/2004 3:19:44 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
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To: MeekOneGOP
Clarke. Clinton. Clymers.
122
posted on
04/01/2004 3:22:14 PM PST
by
Enduring Freedom
(Start buyin' before the boom leaves you cryin' - LANDSLIDE! BUSH 2004!)
To: CyberAnt
Rush had a satelite photo of the 707 on his website for a long time. Yes, I've seen it. There is very little doubt that the 707 was at Salman Pak and that it was use for terrorist training.
What is missing from all of this is any evidence at all that any of these "trainees" did anything after they were trained but go home to their mommy. I have never seen anything that identified any known terrorist as having been trained at Salman Pak. If the evidence exists it remains classified. If it is classified I am wondering why. There is no obvious reason.
To: My2Cents
124
posted on
04/01/2004 3:26:03 PM PST
by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
To: kcvl
BTTT
125
posted on
04/01/2004 3:29:17 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
In 1998, the Clinton administration alerted Pakistan to our imminent missile strikes in Afghanistan, despite the links between Pakistan's intelligence service and al Qaeda. Mr. Clarke excuses this decision--bin Laden managed to flee just before the strikes--as a diplomatic necessity. This kind of thing needs to be better known before the Democrats sneak another one into the White House.
To: InterceptPoint
"I have never seen anything that identified any known terrorist as having been trained at Salman Pak"
That's a good point! Why don't you send an email to Miniter and see if he knows anything he can tell you. I'd be interested to know the answer to this also.
127
posted on
04/01/2004 3:44:52 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; xzins; Calpernia; Mia T; Cannoneer No. 4
PING
You may want your ping lists for this thread.
128
posted on
04/01/2004 3:48:24 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: MEG33
I have implored people to please not post important articles at night on the west coast. I read the WSJ articles at 9pm also, but I never post them anymore. I learned the hard way. It took me awhile to figure out why they never got much attention. I guess sometimes I am not as smart as I think I am. The only solution is to repost it.
Please someone else repost this article.
129
posted on
04/01/2004 3:49:26 PM PST
by
Eva
To: Enduring Freedom
Clarke. Clinton. Clymers.
130
posted on
04/01/2004 3:51:47 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
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To: cyncooper
He asked her many questions, but the one I wish to point to was that she opined that Bush and Cheney speaking privately to the committee might result in them being "less than truthful". Did they ask her what she thought of Clinton and Gore testifying privately to the committee? I'll bet no. Breitweister makes me ill. She's the same woman who condemned Bush for even mentioning 9/11 in an ad, while at the same time saying that he was responsible for 9/11! Everything that comes out of her mouth is full of bile. I guess it's too much to expect for some reporter to do his/her homework and confront her with the litany of hateful, outrageous statements she has made.
To: My2Cents
The professional victims among the 9/11 families have co-opted the victimization of all the families, and have set themselves up as the only "legitimate" (or media-recognized) spokespersons of those who lost people on 9/11. Despite their howls of protest over the first Bush ad, it is they who have politicized the loss of their family members. We all feel for their loss, but we are getting sick of their act.They're literally the most well-compensated victims in the history of the world, but it's still not enough. It just makes me sick.
To: My2Cents
MSNBC, perhaps more than any other news outlet, has politicized the 9/11 Commission hearings. It seems that every weasel on the commission who wants face time on TV runs to MSNBC. I heard that MSNBC is now advertising "Scarborough Country" as being somewhere between left and right. Is that true? Are they trying to tone down their only conservative?
To: NYCVirago
Dare I say it, that some of us anonymous Americans probably grieve more for the loss of the victims of 9/11 than these reputed "family members"? These despicable people have cheapened the loss of their own loved ones. They have earned our distain.
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posted on
04/01/2004 4:00:34 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: NYCVirago
I haven't watched Scarborough for awhile, but I have heard grumblings that Joe has been tossing softballs at his leftist guests. One would almost think that MSNBC is owned by Viacom.
135
posted on
04/01/2004 4:02:39 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: Citizen Soldier
Am I the only one who feels this way?
&&&&
Of course not! The grief for the lives lost and lives changed by September 11 was profound. Part of that grief was for the unalterable change that had happened to our country.
Some of these families, and I venture say they are probably the families who won't settle financially with the 9/11 foundation and want to individually sue everyone with a bank account.
They have turned themselves into some kind of glorified martyrs, and yet families lose loved ones every day from one cause or another. It is way past time for these agitators to go grieve somewhere quietly.
136
posted on
04/01/2004 4:07:08 PM PST
by
maica
(World Peace starts with W)
To: CyberAnt
I just saw that Zinni,no friend of Bush as far as criticizing his war plans,said Clarke wanted to send missiles into Kandahar because intelligence thought Bin Ladin was there.
They figured it would kill 15 thousand people and refused.Clarke called him a criminal and later they find out Bin Laden wasn't there after all.
Chipping away at the myth.
137
posted on
04/01/2004 4:07:37 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: FairOpinion
The pied piper has had the press kissing his flute for quite some time.
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/01/2004 4:09:43 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: NYCVirago
It's a way of clinging to the biggest thing that ever happened to them.
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