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The final policy paper on national security that President Clinton submitted to Congress — 45,000 words long — makes no mention of al Qaeda and refers to Osama bin Laden by name just four times.
The scarce references to bin Laden and his terror network undercut claims by former White House terrorism analyst Richard A. Clarke that the Clinton administration considered al Qaeda an "urgent" threat, while President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, "ignored" it.
The Clinton document, titled "A National Security Strategy for a Global Age," is dated December 2000 and is the final official assessment of national security policy and strategy by the Clinton team. |
http://washingtontimes.com/national...21654-1495r.htm
so it looks to me like maybe clinton wasn't as worried about terrorism as clarke would have us believe.
but how can this be? i mean, i thought clarke was some kind of terrorist watch dog? ever vigilant and on guard? or was he distracted?
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| Instead of concentrating solely on al Qaeda, Mr. Clarke was distracted by his attempts to institute a $1.5 billion government computer system to monitor computer traffic. |
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| In fact, shortly after the 2001 attacks, Mr. Clarke again was pushing his computer monitoring system. Instead of dedicating all his time to al Qaeda, the government's counter-terrorism czar was preoccupied with hypothetical computer hackers. The Bush White House, which had retained Mr. Clarke from the previous administration, was not impressed with the proposal and killed it. |
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20...95057-7620r.htm
further solidifying my opinion that clarke and his book is nothing but a matter of sour grapes.
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