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In explaining the discrepancy between previous comments he made about President Bush's antiterrorism policy and the harsh ones that he is making now, Richard Clarke has said the difference is a matter of "tenor and tone." Indeed. And since Clarke is beating Bush up with "tenor and tone," it is impossible to catch him in actual deliberate lies, no matter what Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist fervently hope. But Clarke's tenor is unfair, and his tone is an outrage. For evidence, look no further than the preliminary report of the 9/11 Commission itself, from which all the quotes...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Treasury Department said Monday it is looking into how a government document from the very early days of the Bush administration -- marked "secret" and outlining plans for a post-Saddam Iraq -- became part of a CBS "60 Minutes" broadcast Sunday night.</p>

<p>A leading New York congressman is calling for an investigation into whether former U.S. diplomat Joseph C. Wilson IV violated CIA secrecy when he blew the lid off his role in a February 2002 mission to determine whether Iraq had sought uranium from Niger.</p>