Why?
He was a career anti-terrorism expert in the government.
On whose watch we were REPEATEDLY attacked by AQ -- and the plot for 9-11 was INSTIGATED while HE was personally in charge of counterterrism in this country.
He could have quietly faded away.
Not this vain man.
He has a lot to lose by attacking the president in this way.
Hardly. In fact, he has more to gain then by just keeping quiet.
Clarke’s bold criticism shows courage and is driven, in part at least, by outrage at the president’s decision to campaign on the Iraq-9/11 connection.
Then why did he WAIT so long to show this courage and drive?
And if the Bush Adminstraton was so damn bad, why did he try to get the #2 job in Homeland Security?