Offering constructive criticism to the social cripples in our midst since early 2005.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Richard Clarke was the nation's senior counterterrorism official under both Clinton and Bush, so if you want to ignore his account of what happened, you'd better have some serious authority. Clinton was personally involved with Clarke's job in a way that Bush was not. Because of the bureaucratic design of our government, Clarke often ran into obstacles presented by other parts of the government doing their own thing. Clarke's relationship with Clinton and other senior officials helped him get around these, sometimes. When Bush came in, Clarke was demoted, reducing his effectiveness. This was done because Bush had other priorities, like missile defense. This is why nothing happened with Clarke's recommendation between when Bush took office and 9/11.

oh Dim- Clinton should have had body counts by then (their not ours) not recommendations. They blew up the WTC and 2 embass9ies for God's sakes.