The Nose Knows [Clarke "brains" in bombing of Sudan aspirin factory - "sure" Iraqis behind plant]

The Village Voice ^ | March 10 - 16, 1999 | Jason Vest

[longshadow]

Why not email it to Rush and Sean, too?

I'm tempted to say that Matt and I have a "working" relationship, but one previous story in the history of the DRUDGEREPORT hardly qualifies.......

[JulieRNR21]

I just sent it to Rush, Sean & Matt.......hope one of them reports it........kudos for a great find!

[Howlin]

Good lord.....he's a complete idiot!

[CobaltBlue]

Thank you. This is one of those things that are so politicized, especially in an election year, that they're bound to split along party lines. Which is a shame.

Richard Clarke probably doesn't realize that he shot himself in the foot by being such a partisan. Even if a miracle (for him) occurs and Kerry is elected, Clarke is damaged goods.

[nutmeg]

Excellent letter, CB! We'll see what happens tomorrow...

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[nutmeg]

ping!

9/11 Commission website link in #46

[KC Burke]

Thanks for coming up with a good specific quote. I've been posting to the Clarke threads since thursday or friday, when they first appeared, that Clarke was the targeting hero of Asprin factory fame....nice to see my memory is as sharp as I had hoped it was.

[Bigg Red]

Excellent!

Sad thing is, though, the lamestream press will ignore all of the inconsistencies and contradictions.

The Village Voice, huh? This is the 2nd reasonable article from there that I have seen posted recently. I am shocked.

[longshadow]

Good lord.....he's a complete idiot!

The picture painted by those links is one of a man who, like Cervante's Don Quixote, was obsessed with imaginary demons. Clarke's demons were cyber-terrorists, but they were just as elusive as Quixote's "giants." It appears it was Clarke, not Bush and company, who were preoccupied with things that didn't really matter in the months leading up to 9/11/2001, and Clarke was demoted and stripped of his non-cyber anti-terror responsibilities as a consequence.

As a life-long bureaucrat at the end of his career, this must have been a bitter pill to swallow. Where he previously had direct access to the president during the Clinton administration, he had none with Bush II.

That Clarke spent his time in the post 9/11 days roaring about the country inspecting internet routers and servers pretty much tells it it all..... is it any wonder that an egotistical bureaucrat reduced to insignificance at the end of his career and obsessed with imaginary demons would lash out at what he perceived to be the source of his decline?

[CobaltBlue]

That Clarke spent his time in the post 9/11 days roaring about the country inspecting internet routers and servers pretty much tells it it all.....

Well said.