[DallasMike]

But ... but... Iraq didn't have WMDs.

Good find.

[AmishDude]

Man, the credibility of these guys doesn't last very long under scrutiny, does it?

[yeswecan]

Anyone see a pattern here?

[Columbine]

Is this online anywhere?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

we have some more here:

Report Details Saddam's Support for Terrorists Who Killed Americans

The above link is the FreeRepublic discussion thread.

The actual article is :

"Saddam Hussein’s Philanthropy of Terror"

It is a pdf document with substantial footnotes and put together by Dewey Murdock of the Hudson Institute.

[Wallaby]

Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion.

[stylin19a]

Clarke's memo referring to Washington's record of failure on the issue was written after the invasion. . .

Hell, even I could have wrote that memo AFTER.....

[Howlin]

This is an excellent find, Wallaby.

[tubebender]

Little Dickie Clarke and his appearance on 60 Maggots got hammered on talk Radio today. Great post...

[maggief]

Excellent find.

[nunya bidness]

Wallaby bump!

[StriperSniper]

trying to get him to renounce terrorism

Imagine that.

[Rocko]

Good job, Bro!

[axel f]

You might find this interesting.

[deadhead]

Excellent, Wallaby

[kayak]

ping-a-ling

[Right_in_Virginia]

TERRIFIC find!...Thanks for posting, Wallaby.

And, thanks for the "ping", Howlin.

(I'd "ping" Rush if I knew his sign on)

[prairiebreeze]

Ping!

[Starboard]

An impressive piece of research. Nice work!

[steplock]

I can't find this article - any link?

[Sloth]

Good job, Wallaby!

[faithincowboys]

I'M STARTING TO THINK CLARKE IS AN AGENT FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT!!

[cyncooper]

Well!

[RedWing9]

John 'Effin' Kerry Beautiful!

[Jim_Curtis]

I don't know if anyone has seen this old story that I found but it seems strange to me that Clarke was being used by Clinton to spread false information about Iraq making nerve gas which led to the bombing of the aspirin factory...or was it Clarke's theory?

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9910/vest.php

[Paulus Invictus]

Clark is just another clintinoid holdover with a poor record when he was in power. I thought that Rush had a great response to the guy today with a series of 10 questions, none of which Clark could possibly answer.

[smonk]

clarke was quoted extensively in another book -- the name
escapes me at the moment -- criticising the clinton
administration for not listening to him about al-Qaida.
the book came out after 9/11.

in 1992 he was critical of the bush I administration for
not listening to him about the threat from iraq until
it was too late.

now, in his own screed, he is tossing grenades at GWB for
wondering, during the hectic days following the horror of
9/11, whether iraq may have been responsible. GWB, says
clarke, didn't listen to him. and now he's written a book
about it, and he's releasing it during a crucial moment of
a presidential election, and on the eve of his testimony
before the 9/11 commission.

there are only two common themes at work here; (1) NO ONE
has EVER listened to this guy. whenever history has stooped
to notice this little man, it has been because he has been
ranting that no one was listening to him. And (2) he only
seems to be right after the fact. being correct about
events that have already transpired isn't all that difficult.

[IncPen]

excellent...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another reference item:

A Strategy's Cautious Evolution (Bush worked on plan to eradicate Al Qaeda pre-9-11)

Refutes Clarke's latest comments!

[The Raven]

This guy reminds me of a guy at my work......blaming everyone but himself.

[goldstategop]

Richard Clarke's account in 1992 is the reverse of what the Democrats are saying today about Iraq! Its amazing so much can change in twelve years --- or has it?

[mewzilla]

Great find, Wallaby!

And FWIW, from this link (Socialists are good for something). Here's what Clarke was talking about in 1999, right after his appointment, as AQ was planning the 9-11 attacks. Talk about being asleep at the switch. From the link:

Richard A. Clarke, recently appointed by Clinton to the new post of national coordinator of counterterrorism and computer security programs, warned of the threat of "information warfare" involving "systematic national intrusion" into computer systems, with effects comparable to the strategic bombing of World War II. "What we're concerned about is in the future, nations will have that same capability to destroy each other's infrastructure, not by bombs, but by cyber attack," he told reporters.

Clarke admitted that there had been few terrorist attacks on American soil, adding, "We do not know of any imminent attack being planned in the United States using chemical or biological weapons or using cyber attack techniques." Nonetheless, he justified the massive increase in expenditure by claiming that the absence of terrorist attacks proved that anti-terrorist programs were working and should be intensified!

[TrueBeliever9]

Great find!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this great find.

The rats seem to forget about the capability that we have to do document/data searches re what they have said in the past.

[macc]

No one denies that WMD flowed to Saddam during the Reagan administration in the 1980s; everyone acknowledges that support of Saddam was a mistake back then. All Clarke is suggesting here is that, up to 1992, no one dealt with the problem. The question facing the Republic in 2003 was whether the Gulf War and UN took care of the problem by 2003. Apparently they did.