I believe i was alerted to some discrepencies that cropped up in Clarke's book vs. public statements he'd made by a news blurb on the radio (abcnews).  When i investigated it further most of the reports seemed to center on a specific claim that he later contradicted.....

AH, i remember now, initially said that the Bush administration flew relatives of Osama out of the US immediately following 9/11. Some senators jumped on this to criticize the prez. When Clarke later said he'd made the decision, not the administration, the Senators had pie on their face. This is a relatively minor offense in context, but his lying during testimony (to the 9-11 commission i believe), then recanting later disturbed me to the point where I quit listening to him as a resource.

There are nuts on the right who accuse Clarke of much worse contradictions, but i've similarly quit listening to them awhile ago too.

Brian

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Howie Hamlin
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:30 PM
  Subject: Re: How the Clinton Admin Handles Terrorist

  Where did you hear that?
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: G
    To: CF-Community
    Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:26 PM
    Subject: Re: How the Clinton Admin Handles Terrorist

    yikes, hasn't most of Clarke's admissions been either proven untrue or admitted untrue by the author himself?

    I'd find someone else to base my arguments on, this guy seems to trip all over himself.
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