Clarke should have been looking to see if Iraq was involved "WITHOUT BEING TOLD". I'm still wondering why the Prez had to ask for this clarification?
If you had three thugs in your neighborhood and they had all been in jail for assault and you were assaulted, who would you check out first? ALL OF THEM!!!!
Remind Mr. Clarke that two of the bad guys from Yemeni who bombed the Cole were also involved in the Embassy Bombings.
" "There is absolutely no evidence that Iraq was supporting al Qaeda ever," Clarke declared March 21 on CBS' 60 Minutes. Because Baathist Iraq and al Qaeda colluded less than, say, Iceland and the Cosa Nostra, the theory goes, President Bush squandered American time, treasure, and blood by hunting Saddam Hussein rather than Osama bin Laden.
This view totally overlooks extensive connections between Baghdad and bin Laden. Just ask Richard Clarke.
On Wednesday, he told the September 11 Commission about Abdul Rahman Yasin, the al Qaeda operative indicted who federal prosecutors indicted for mixing the chemicals in the bomb that rocked the World Trade Center, killed six, and injured 1,042 people on February 26, 1993.
"He was an Iraqi," Clarke observed. "Therefore, when the explosion took place, and he fled the United States, he went back to Iraq." While Clarke believes Baghdad did not orchestrate that attack, he concedes that Hussein embraced this assassin.
"The Iraqi government," Clarke continued, "didn't cooperate in turning him over and gave him sanctuary, as it did give sanctuary to other terrorists."
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock.asp Clarke is more of a liar, than Clinton and not as good at it.