Clarke fends off White House dirty tricks

[Teddy_Salad]

After a week of relentless attacks on its credibility, the White House is desperate to muzzle Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism chief who claims that the Bush administration was too preoccupied with Iraq even in its first months in office to pay proper attention to the most immediate threat to national security.

Shutting him up, though, is not proving easy. None of the usual attack-dog techniques - character assassination, intimidation and reciprocal mud-slinging - has entirely worked on Mr Clarke, though it has not been for want of trying.

...http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=505771

[Sticky]

1. I hope Mr Clarke has a lot of personal support.

I really care about him.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. I think Clarke has many friends in high places.

My understanding is he is very respected so destroying him will be very difficult. Also the contacts I have in the military in DC do not like this administration at all so I don't think they have as many friends as they may think.

[Maat]

3. Thanks, Oz.

I believe you. I'm hearing the same thing. Sometimes, in some arenas, it is unsafe to speak out against Bush and the present administration, however. So the word gets passed along quietly.

[AmyStrange]

4. There's a reason why he worked for four diff presidents...

both repub and dem. He obviously knows his business,



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[Festivito]

5. After WMD, Bush lost credibility attacks require.

With the unfound WMD chink in Bush's armor, Bush is not as pristine, not as credible. His attacks used to be effective because the source seemed unquestionable.

The source is no longer unquestionable. The attacks no longer seem potent.

Bush is vulnerable.