From an on-line discussion at the NYT:
National Security and Intelligence
Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 24, 2004; 12:00 PM
"The commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks issued a harsh condemnation on Tuesday of the U.S. government's failed hunt for Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations were criticized for focusing too heavily on diplomacy and not enough on military action.
"The committee findings appear to confirm charges made by Richard A. Clarke, the former counterterrorism coordinator for both presidents, that the current administration neglected the al Qaeda threat in part because senior officials were obsessed with attacking Iraq. Clarke testifies today."
Posted by larre at March 24, 2004 01:32 PMI'm afraid the Bush (mis)administration could easily reject demands for such tapes by slapping a super duper top secret label on them.
Posted by Bragan at March 24, 2004 01:44 PMThis is exactly what I thought the events would happen. I always believe that Tenet is THE PERSON to watch. He knows where the bodies are buried.
Now if Democrats and Kerry can put Tenet and Clarke statements together then demand the WH to release those tapes. There is more coming when the CIA-gate affair is comming down the pipe ...
Stay tuned... I never thought Tenet was/is a traitor.
This Just In : Bush adminstration officials say tapes of national security meetings were stolen by Bill Clinton and destroyed.
Posted by T2 at March 24, 2004 02:09 PMFederal News has a transcript of Richard Clarke's testimony today.
As for the tapes, I think Rosemary Woods erased 18 of them.
Posted by larre at March 24, 2004 02:35 PMNot to rain on anyone's parade but this may be troublesome;
Clarke Praises Bush efforts in 2002
Posted by Michael H. at March 24, 2004 03:35 PMMicahel: Clarke was still working for them then. He wouldn't say they did nothing at this time.
Tenet knows where the bodies are, and me think Pincus knows it, too.
Interesting times ahead.
Anyone else notice that every time Tenet goes out to defend the administration, he ends up praising them out of one side of his mouth, and burying them out of the other?
Posted by Brian Bell at March 24, 2004 08:01 PMI never saw his complete testimony today. What was said about the tapes? How do we get someone to start following up on the tapes story? Anyone we can e-mail?
Posted by Lindsay at March 24, 2004 09:17 PMBsh's mn ntllgnc flr ws pttng hs trst n Clntnst hldvrs.
[Editor: ignore=off]Bush's main intelligence failure was putting his trust in Clintonista holdovers.
That has to be about the lamest excuse to exonerate Bush that I ever saw from a freeper troll. You guys are definitely going downhill fast!
Posted by pessimist at March 25, 2004 04:21 AM