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Clinton's Indignant Defense, "Riddled with Errors" according to former Advisor.
National Review ^ | 2004 | Laurie Mylroie

Posted on 09/23/2006 10:59:28 PM PDT by Gail Wynand

Laurie Mylroie, a noted author and middle east expert as well as 1992 Clinton campaign advisor on Iraq, evaluated the Richard Clarke book which President Clinton repeatedly and heatedly based his defense of his terror record to Chris Wallace on Fox News. Ms. Mylroie, described the Clarke book as "riddled with errors" and statues further that, "Clarke's book, Against All Enemies is, essentially, an attempt to blame the Bush administration for 9/11, while exonerating Clinton (and therefore Clarke). The reality is quite the reverse." Ms. Mylroie contends that Clarke's story "systematically distorts" key information, and she explains the central failing of the Clinton terror policy was its emphasis on treating terror incidents as subject for criminal prosecution rather than foreign policy matters, effectively denying intelligence agencies access to key evidence and information.

Clinton on the other hand repeatedly told Fox News that " And all I’d say anybody who wonders whether we did wrong or right. Anybody who wants to see what everybody else did, read his [Clarke's] book" in response to question over the sufficiency of his administrations responses to terror over eight years, roughly the entire period from the 1993 WTC attack, until just before 9/11.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: againstallenemies; clarkebook; clinton; foxinterview; richardclarke
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The author who knowledgeably discredits Clarke's book, the sole defense offered by Clinton during his tirade against Fox's audacity to question his record, is a former Clinton foreign policy advisor, who believes that the Clinton "law enforcement" model of handling terrorism, put America at risk and not only led to 9/11 but was a departure from the policy established by the US in the Lockerbie plane incident, where active CIA involvement with physical evidence led to the determination of Libya's involvement. She accurately trashes Clarke's credibility on the entirety of his book, and with it, by implication and Clinton's own ratifcation of the Clarke distortions, the entire Clinton terrorism record.
1 posted on 09/23/2006 10:59:31 PM PDT by Gail Wynand
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To: Mia T

FYI


2 posted on 09/23/2006 11:00:23 PM PDT by Gail Wynand
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To: Gail Wynand

3 posted on 09/23/2006 11:00:44 PM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: Gail Wynand

I remember that Clarke was documented as a liar pretty soon after his book came out.
I'll see if I can dig up the old links.


4 posted on 09/23/2006 11:02:26 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Gail Wynand; onyx; Mo1; Howlin; Txsleuth; Grampa Dave; Peach; kcvl; Laverne; nopardons; ...

Thanks for posting ... PING!


5 posted on 09/23/2006 11:03:53 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE


Thanks!
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6 posted on 09/23/2006 11:07:16 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: Gail Wynand

Clinton thought he could buy off the Taliban, so in essence Bubba bought 9-11 with taxpayer dollars.


7 posted on 09/23/2006 11:08:00 PM PDT by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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To: Gail Wynand

Clarke: it's the new Hubbell.


8 posted on 09/23/2006 11:09:18 PM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: Gail Wynand

MSM: Nothing to see here. Move along.


9 posted on 09/23/2006 11:10:38 PM PDT by RedCell ("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
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To: Gail Wynand

"I didn't have sex with that woman!" Nuff said?


11 posted on 09/23/2006 11:12:32 PM PDT by raftguide
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To: Gail Wynand
Holy cow...a Clintonista tells the truth? I wonder what her life expectancy is now.
12 posted on 09/23/2006 11:12:57 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: STARWISE

Many thanks for the ping! This is REALLY getting VERY interesting.


13 posted on 09/23/2006 11:13:50 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Obviously,...Rove planted her in '92!


14 posted on 09/23/2006 11:18:10 PM PDT by incredulous joe (“Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound” -- St. Thomas More)
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To: Gail Wynand

bump


15 posted on 09/23/2006 11:22:55 PM PDT by malia ("How do you get a ceasefire with terrorists"? John Bolton)
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To: incredulous joe

LOL..........you're sooooooooo bad! :-)


16 posted on 09/23/2006 11:23:04 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: incredulous joe; Pride in the USA
Obviously,...Rove planted her in '92!

Yay! It's Rove's promised October Surprise.

17 posted on 09/23/2006 11:26:43 PM PDT by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: raftguide

Mythomania: an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exagerating. -mythomaniac. See WJB Clinton.


18 posted on 09/23/2006 11:30:34 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: nopardons

"LOL..........you're sooooooooo bad!"

Depends what your definition of "bad" is.


19 posted on 09/23/2006 11:33:15 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Are any of us ever REALLY alone" -- William Jefferson Clinton)
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To: incredulous joe
Oh please, haven't we had more than enough Clintonspeak, this past week?

How about "naughty", then? :-)

20 posted on 09/23/2006 11:35:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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