moondust
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:42 PM
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Did Clarke see the PDB before 9-11? |
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Edited on Sat Apr-10-04 06:03 PM by Buzzz
If so, when? And what did he do about it?
If he didn't were they hiding it from him?
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:43 PM
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1. Remember: he was in charge of cyberterrorism, not terrorism any more.n/t |
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:45 PM
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I was thinking that came later. (I should just go buy his book.)
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:48 PM
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I just started reading it last night. Had to track it down from Amazon and the overnighted it to me. It reads almost like a Clancy novel and grabs you from the beginning. I haven't seen any mention of this PDB yet.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:47 PM
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3. Wasn't he still in counter-terrorism on 9/11? |
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On 9/11,9/12,9/13 HE RAN THE DAMN COUNTRY!!
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:48 PM
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You are correct. Cyberterrorism came later.
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:04 PM
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6. I Doubt Very Seriously That He Saw It |
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I doubt that anyone outside of the "Principals" ever saw it.
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:42 PM
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7. "Make sure Dick Clarke gets a copy of this." |
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Wouldn't you want this particular PDB in the hands of the White House counterterrorism staff in addition to it being at the CIA?
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Sat Apr-10-04 07:06 PM
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I'll tell you why, and this is just my theory, so it could be just as full of shit as anything else I suppose.
I don't think that Bush actually trusts anyone he didn't bring with him. Clarke was kept becasue he had Republican roots and he was extremely competent, but I doubt very much indeed that he was a trusted confident of the President. It is said that Bush is doggedly faithful to those who support him, a snake against those who don't, and could not give a tinker's dam about anyone else. I think Clarke fell into the third catagory, they needed him, so they kept him, but Bush certainly kept him at a distance. I think that when Cheney said that Clarke wasn't in the loop what he really meant is that he was not in Bush's inner circle of trusted advisors - the faithful, so to speak.
Just my theory anyway.
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