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I think the bottom line in all of this is that Clarke is a bigot and a racist.

He was the model bureacrat through 3 administrations until he got Condilezza Rice as a boss in the 4th - the G.W. Bush administration.

He immediately stopped going to NSA meetings chaired by Rice - even though he reported to her. Totally out of character for Clarke, the faithful, hard working, dedicated bureaucrat. Evidently, as has been reported, he finally had to be ordered by Rice to attend the meetings, after ignoring several polite, but pointed, requests. This was reported within days of his book appearing - I haven't seen it since but its hanging there....like a big cloud no one wants to touch.

I think that Clarke, the penultimate stuffed shirt bureaucrat, just could not stomach the come down to work for a woman, let alone a black!

I'd be interested in any comments on this theory - because no one in the press, mainstream or conservative, is discussing possibility.

I think the best explanation she gave was that when they took office they assessed that the current Clinton policy on al Qaeda (of addressing individual terrorist events) was inadequate and that they needed a comprehensive solution. The actions they took were correct. They were:

1) To continue the Clinton policy in place, retaining all the people (including Clarke) to assure there would be no disruption of the Clinton policy, i.e., if it was good enough for Clinton it should be good enough for Bush to continue (and Clarke thought Clinton was doing such a great job).

2) To direct Bush's people (including Rice) to concurrently develop a comprehensive plan to deal with al Qaeda. By using a separate group of people, they would not draw down from continuing the Clinton policy. Indeed, they even implemented several of Clarke's proposals.

It is not unreasonable to expect it to take many many months to develop the new plan and put it in place. He has demonstrated time and again that he will take the time to bring in the right people and plan out a correct action before striking.

After 9-11, it is logical that plan 2 would take priority and that it would be put in play by Plan 2 people. Clarke had no reason to expect to be a key player, since he should have been focusing all of his time on the Clinton policy.

In the hearings, much has been made of the fact that Bush didn't demote anyone as a result of 9-11. It seems that everyone has forgotten that Clarke was in effect "demoted" by having no role in Plan 2 and he was the key man for counter-terrorism.

What floored me was when Condi said sandy berger gave her a ONE HOUR briefing on foreign affairs during transistion!

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