The White House SAT on Clarke's Book for months

[Florida_Geek]

Sorry if this is a dup

From CNN interview with Clark

HEMMER: I am hearing from some families of the victims from 9/11, they're saying if it was such an urgent matter, if you truly believed the White House botched the war on terror beginning on September 12, why now on such a critical national, international issue do you write the book in March of 2004?

CLARKE: I wrote the book as soon as I retired from government. It was finished last fall and it sat in the White House for months, because as a former White House official my book has to be reviewed by the White House for security purposes. This book could have come out a long time ago, months and months ago if the White House hadn't sat on it.

[REP]

1. Bad Planning by the WH

Nice timing that it was released just in time for the hearings! Looking forward to hearing him tomorrow.

[Columbia]

2. If it was so damning

I wonder why they didn't just sit on it until after November?

[Florida_Geek]

3. IMHO, they couldn't

Had Clarke gone before the 9-11 commission and told that they were sitting on a book that says Bush ignored bin Laden then that would have look worse.

[dbt]

4. This would explain the sudden campaign against gay marriage,

wouldn't it? The Regime had to have something controversial to misdirect the sheep before the shit hit the fan, no?

:freak:
dbt

[prolesunited]

5. Interesting

One of the criticisms has been the timing — that Clarke released it now for political purposes, one of the points they are using it to discredit it. BUT, now we see THEY are the ones responsible for the timing.