[Darlin']

"It looks like Bush/Rice considered Clarke part of the problem. It looks like Clarke was out of the loop. By design and by his own choice of not attending meetings. "

True. The administration has said that in a dozen subtle ways but the main stream media has ignored it.

[mtbopfuyn]

REasonable question to ask if Iraq was involved - threats to assassinate prior president, shooting at our planes, etc.

[Miss Marple]

Question about if there was too much emphasis on Iraq right after 9/11. Intersting...Bush asked Blair on the phone if IRAN could have been responsible...because it was such a sophisticated operation. Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz brought up Iraq at Camp David. Consensus was not to go to Iraq, but Afghanistan.

Bush told her after the Camp David meeting to get contingency plans in case Iraq acted against our interests (while we went into Afghanistan) or if it was discovered later that Iraq was involved.