March 29, 2004

Brass ones too

Is Clarke a Hero, or an opportunist? History will end up being the judge, but you have to admire his willingness to go toe to toe. The Republicans, last week, threatened to release parts of the classified testimony he gave to congress. Clarke appears to be calling their bluff, which either means he feels what he is saying is right, or he's a madman.

I'm voting the former:

"Let's declassify that memo I sent on January 25. And let's declassify the national security directive that Dr. Rice's committee approved nine months later, on September 4. And let's see if there's any difference between those two, because there isn't," Clarke said.

"Let's go further," he told NBC. "The White House is now selectively finding my e-mails, which I would have assumed are covered by some privacy regulations, and selectively leaking them to the press.

"Let's take all of my e-mails and memos that I sent to the national security adviser and her deputy from January 20 to September 11, and let's declassify all of it."

Yes, lets.

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Posted by Henry at 10:18 AM || Link to me || Category:: Politics, Just Left on