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I understand what you're saying, but both Rice and Clarke himself seem to support what I was getting at about dismissing him. Rice stated he didn't persuade people to his 'forceful' arguements. Clarke proposed the hijacked, explosive-laden plane scenario and got a "there's no plan for that" response. Instead of saying, "Shouldn't we have one?", it seems there was an "oh, well...." approach. In my view, he's either too passive or incomptent. Someone with either qualities shouldn't have been in his position.

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Someone with either qualities shouldn't have been in his position.

Had he pushed to get his concerns into the NIE...things might have turned out differently. Prior to 9/11 that would be going way out on a limb...but it would have helped get the attention he needed.