Is Clarke Credible?
by TChris
Is Richard Clarke credible? Not if you believe the Bush administration and its supporters.
In an extraordinary assault last week, they portrayed him as a disgruntled job seeker, a self-promoter looking to sell books, a hidden Democratic partisan (who somehow concealed his loyalties while working for presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush), and an unreliable witness whose past praise of President George W. Bush undermined his current criticism.
Here's a different view, from former intelligence professional Larry Johnson. He thinks Clarke is arrogant, but he believes Clarke is a dedicated professional who is justly criticizing both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Johnson happens to be a Republican who supported Bush in 2000.
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