Awesome Rebuttal of Bushit on the Clarke WH Spin

[seventhson]

This is great campaign material to prove Bush, Condi, Rummy et al are a pack of deceitful liars:

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=39828

Excerpt:

Claim vs. Fact: Administration Officials Respond to Richard Clarke Interview

March 22, 2004


Bob Boorstin's Column: The Canary in the Coalmine

In the wake of Richard Clarke's well-supported assertions that the Bush Administration neglected counterterrorism in the face of repeated terror warnings before 9/11, the Bush Administration has launched a frantic misinformation campaign – often contradicting itself in the process.

CLAIM #1: "Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us in the administration that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to."
– National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, 3/22/04

FACT: Clarke sent a memo to Rice principals on 1/24/01 marked "urgent" asking for a Cabinet-level meeting to deal with an impending Al Qaeda attack. The White House acknowledges this, but says "principals did not need to have a formal meeting to discuss the threat." No meeting occurred until one week before 9/11.
– White House Press Release, 3/21/04

CLAIM #2: "The president returned to the White House and called me in and said, I've learned from George Tenet that there is no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11."
– National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, 3/22/04

FACT: If this is true, then why did the President and Vice...

[BOSSHOG]

1. They don't know what the truth is anymore

Advice to bush administration (although its too late)

ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING!