I thought there was not connection between the two?
Clarke replied: "There is absolutely no evidence that Iraq was supporting al-Qaida ever."
Notice the Clintonesque answer. The answer is not "Yes" or "No," followed by explanation. The answer evades the question. Why are reporters so chicken-sh*t in their questioning?
Bottom line he is a liar...end of story.
US (Clinton) feared Iraq had given (chemical) arms to Sudan (arrangement w Al Qaeda)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177585/posts
President Bill Clinton thought Iraq might have provided chemical weapons to Sudan in the late 1990s under a co-operative arrangement between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, the investigation into the September 11 attacks revealed.
Mr Clinton ordered an air strike in August 1998 against the al-Shifa chemical plant in Sudan after officials in the office of Richard Clarke, then White House director of counter-terrorism, concluded that Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, had access to deadly VX nerve gas allegedly being produced at the plant.
Mr Clarke later said traces of a precursor chemical for VX detected near the plant were "the exact formula used by Iraq" and speculated that Iraq was helping al-Qaeda acquire such weapons.
The report says that in 1998 Iraq sought closer ties with Mr bin Laden and even offered him a safe haven.
Clarke, like Joe Wilson, is seeing his credibility factor go down the toilet.
Those who purchased his book (Wilson's and/or Clarke's) should return it and demand a refund due to its misrepresentation. Both books should have been categorized as fiction.
I really despise these people. Berger, Clarke, Wilson...all of them.
I checked the veracity of all three claims in this article. They are all true and not distorted in any way. I even purchased the washington post archive article. They are not hatchet quotes at all it represents exactly what it says.
128) http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch4.pdf (pg 134)
(129) http://www.9-11commission.gov/archive/hearing8/9-11Commission_Hearing_2004-03-24.pdf
(pg 148)
(130) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37704 (P) to check the veracity of this I purchased the Washington Post archive article. I can post or email it if anyone is interested.
Clarke has set himself up for perjury during his discussions at the 9/11 commission.
After the 9/11 commission was released, Clarkes 15 minutes of fame became his 15 minutes of Shame!