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Mar. 22nd, 2004 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoRichard Clarke, a former top official on counter-terrorism (more on his title in a bit), said this on 60 Minutes:
"(It is) outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism. He ignored it."
So, what's the Administration's response? Step up to the microphone, Mr. Cheney:
"He wasn't in the loop, frankly, on a lot of this stuff."
Hm. At the time of the September 11 attacks, Clarke's official title was "National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism." Which post he had held since 1998. And the Administration couldn't be bothered to keep him in the loop, sez Cheney.
And this is regarded as a defense against the charge that the Administration ignored terrorism? Isn't it actually verification?
Dick... I think it's time you went on another duck hunt. Permanently. You incompetent sod.
"(It is) outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism. He ignored it."
So, what's the Administration's response? Step up to the microphone, Mr. Cheney:
"He wasn't in the loop, frankly, on a lot of this stuff."
Hm. At the time of the September 11 attacks, Clarke's official title was "National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism." Which post he had held since 1998. And the Administration couldn't be bothered to keep him in the loop, sez Cheney.
And this is regarded as a defense against the charge that the Administration ignored terrorism? Isn't it actually verification?
Dick... I think it's time you went on another duck hunt. Permanently. You incompetent sod.
