Richard A. Clarke is a fraud

Richard A. Clarke - Bill Clinton’s counter-terror point man on the National Security Council - has made some serious charges against the Bush Administration. In his new book, “Against All Enemies,” Clark alleges that President Bush tried to find a 9-11 - Saddam link where there was none. Based on these charges, Clarke was the star of a segment on 60 Minutes.

Yet many other commentators have noted the hollowness of such charges coming from a member of the Clinton Administration - especially Richard A. Clarke.

1. Clarke’s legacy - as a public official - of accurately focusing the nation’s resources on the correct set of threats was dismal, as noted by George Smith in his article, “Richard Clarke’s Legacy of Miscalculation.”

2. Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman has denied that there is any basis for Clarke’s allegations.

3. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice has denied the allegations.

4. The Drudge Report notes that CBS - in a serious breach of journalistic ethics - has helped promote Clarke’s book without revealing CBS’s financial stake in the project.

5. FrontPage.com has generally discussed the hypocrisy of a Clinton national security staffer leveling charges at anyone:

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Richard Clarke is a bitter, discredited bureaucrat who was an integral part of the Clinton administration’s failed approach to terrorism, was demoted by President Bush, and is now an adjunct to John Kerry’s presidential campaign.

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Luckily, through the blogosphere, the fact that Richard A. Clarke is a fraud can now be revealed.

Via Instapundit.

This is a duplicate of the original post at the nikita demosthenes website. See, also, the commentary at Lucianne.com.

Update: See, also, the discussion at Tacitus.

Update: Jimmy Carter decries the liberation of 50 million Muslims from rape and torture under the Taliban and Saddam Hussein dictatorships. Compare this post from The Command Post archives.

Meanwhile, Clarke, Clinton and Kerry apologists attack a humble blogger at the John Kerry for President blog and at Atrios.

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