Just came across an even more interesting quote from your man Clark when he was quesioned about this subject by Sean Hannity on
H&C two weeks after the
Meet the Press interview.
It's painfully clear from the transcript that Clark not only doesn't refute the claims about the White House pressuring others to make an Iraq 9/11 link, he reinforces the idea with a claim that he can't reveal his "sources."
From Wesley Clark and Terry McAuliffe -From the August 25, 2003 issue of The Weekly Standard
Referring to the Russert transcript ..., Hannity said of the call, "I think you owe it to the American people to tell us who." Clark replied, "It came from many different sources, Sean."
HANNITY: "Who? Who?"
CLARK : "And I personally got a call from a fellow in Canada who is part of a Middle Eastern think tank who gets inside intelligence information. He called me on 9/11."
HANNITY: "That's not the answer. Who in the White House?"
CLARK: "I'm not going to go into those sources."
Clark had the opportunity to clarify the record and clearly state the he had no personal knowledge that the White House was trying to pressure others into making a bogus Iraq 9/11 link and he intentionally chose not to do so. Why?
Face it, GoOrdnance, Clark is a liar and a manipulator.
GREAT Catch! Clark would have certainly cleared up the matter when on Hannity. He was given every opportunity.
His letter to the NYT then says he has become "aware" that people think he has said the White House called him on 9/11 to pressure him. He said in his own letter that was not true.
Nailed. Double nailed.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/965068/posts We've already covered this Weekly Standard article almost a month ago. It was useless then and its useless now. It doesn't hold up. If you like to use lies to smear the man then go ahead. George Will fell into this trap too in one of his Wash Post articles. He even claimed there wasn't a middle East think tank in Canada.
You can make anyone look bad by taking quotes out of context. I blame Hannity, after watching the show and seeing how he handled it, for dropping the ball when he had a chance to pin the general into a corner. And the Weekly Standard put Hannity's words out of context in that article too. These guys are just sloppy and take away our credibility.