On Monday, [National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice] told Fox News this account is "ridiculous."

    She added that Clarke may be trying to protect himself by lashing out at the administration.

    "In 1998, when Dick Clarke was the counterterrorism czar, Al Qaeda had bombed U.S. embassies. We, of course, heard that Al Qaeda was suspected of bombing the [USS] Cole in 2000 when Dick Clarke was counterterrorism czar. And we learned that plots against the U.S. had been hatching since the '90s, when Dick Clarke was counterterrorism czar."


So, Clarke expects us to believe that he was this lonely voice of reason that was ignored by everyone in both the Clinton and Bush administrations?!!?

Then, there's the fact that Clinton claims he tried to warn Bush about Al Quaeda.

If Clinton didn't listen to Clarke, as is the implication, why would Clinton try to warn Bush?

This book looks like nothing so much as a pre-emptive strike by Clarke, in order to save his own reputation over the fact that the 9-11 plot (as well as the bombing of the Cole and several other terrorist acts) was plotted and/or executed while on his watch.