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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the actual memo can be found here.
the text of the memo simply states that al qaeda is an effectively run terrorist organization motivated by a fundamental islamic agenda.
wow. how very insightful mr. clarke.
seriously, i was a furniture delivery guy at the time and i could have written the memo. al qaeda is a threat? uhh, yeah. they've attacked our country MULTIPLE times on mr. clarke's watch. khobar towers, african embassies or the USS Cole ring a bell? i'm certain his memo did not reveal anything that ms. rice was not already aware of.
the role of this memo in the political realm is simply a way to leverage opposition to the president by way of presenting the story without context to a public who loves scandal. al-qaeda as a threat was a long-established fact... we have absolutely no reason to believe that the attacks could have been prevented had this memo been treated differently. |
What motivates you to continually cover Bush's back ?
What has he done to deserve your unswerving loyalty ?
You linked the Clarke memo and then launched a spirited defense
that implies that Bush is being unfairly covered by the media.
What is your explanation of why this memo's release to the public,
as well as the release of a slightly unclassified
version of the 9/11 Commisiion report were delayed until now?
Is there any plausible explanation for Bush discouraging callls for
the creation of a 9/11 Commission, and when one was created,
his refusal not only to testify under oath before it's members,
who he had great influence in choosing in the first place,
but also requiring that Cheney appear with him, that no transcript
or recording of the meeting could be created and that Commission
members notebooks had to be turned over to Bush's staff for examination,
before they could leave the white house after the meeting, or why
Bush placed such unreasonable and delaying restricitions on who
could view the Presidential daily intelligence briefing archive.
Why would the President of the US insist that no record of his meeting
with 9/11 Commission members be made, unless he was putting a higher
priority on protecting himself, then he was on cooperating with the
investigation and acting in the best interest of all Americans, especially
the 9/11 victims' families ?