Geez, Clarke not only fails to substantively flesh out or back up any of his "sexy" anti-Bush(Rice/Wolfowitz/etc) spin and rhetoric, he's toppling lefty myths one after the other. E.g. Michael Moore's dark conspiracy about the Saudi evacuation flight is bunk, and preemption is good policy. He's even called for a "secret police" (domestic security service -- not that I agree with that one).
I think we're going to see a lot of leftists backing away from their new hero (even while absurdly and selectively trying to hype and maintain exactly those of his claims which have the least substance and policy import).
This commission panel has no credibilty whatsoever, what with their continual potshots at Condi, and the Jerry Springer crowd in the back of the room just yukking it up at every chance.