White House Braces For Insider Books

[madmax]

"White House Braces For Insider Books
Al Hunt says the White House "is nervous about two forthcoming books by former insiders. Ex-Bush Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill assails the president for a lack of interest in substantive policy in a book written by journalist Ron Suskind that will be trotted out with great fanfare on CBS's 60 Minutes this weekend."

"One Bush insider, however, ventures that no one really cares what a former Treasury secretary says. But, a book due out later by Richard Clarke, the White House's top terror expert under both President Clinton and President Bush, is another matter. Mr. Clarke is known to feel the Bush administration largely ignored the threat of terrorism and Osama bin Laden before 9-11, even after al Qaeda in June 2001 claimed responsibility for the bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 American soldiers."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/01/08/white_house_braces_for_insider_books.html

[xray s]

1. Lets see if Clarke and O'Neill get the same spotlight as Zell Miller

Anyone want to place a bet?

[jab105]

2. I always get Clark and Richard Perle confused...

I saw Richard Clark speaking on TV a few months ago and was very confused by what he was saying cause I thought it was Richard Perle...now it makes sense:)

Nothing to see here folks, move on...heh heh, that's right "moveon"!

[LibertyorDeath]

3. Good shine some light on these cockroaches

[wtmusic]

4. Is Richard Clarke related to Victoria?

[madmax]

6. No

Victoria "Torie" Clarke - 42 years of age, mother of three young children, Chief Spokeswoman for the Pentagon.

"Clarke's husband, Brian Graham, an executive at Fannie Mae, takes on a lot of responsibility, and Clarke came home one night to find him asleep on their bed, surrounded by camp forms, photo orders -- the debris of daily life. But if motherhood makes her job harder, it also provides motivation. 'It makes you appreciate how important it is to make the world a safer place,' Clarke says. 'That gets driven home to me every night when I go home to see my kids, and every morning when I leave in the dark and kiss them goodbye.'"

http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/victoria_clarke.htm

[wtmusic]

8. thanks

good link too.

One question though...what does helping * have to do with making the world a safer place?

(maybe that's why she quit)

:shrug:

[lovedems]

5. Bring 'Em On!!! Isn't Karma a beautiful thing! n/t

[wtmusic]

7. Democratic Underground Drools For Insider Books

:silly:

[kskiska]

9. Gee, whatever happened to that famous "Bush Loyalty?"

I guess these guys found out that that loyalty is a one-way street.

[cliss]

11. Well, like they say, when you trash someone

and they have absolutely nothing to lose, they will come after you.

I think you're right about that fabled Bush Loyalty. It was made out to be such a big thing. "Loyalty above all, including incompetence." Secrecy, lies, inuendoes. So what happened?

I've read recently that there's a whole slew of anti-Bush books coming out, and have come out recently. I can't wait to get my grubby hands on them.

Because what it shows is that this fabled loyalty is no good, if they've thrown you out. What good is loyalty if it's a one-way street? And by God, he's thrown out a lot of them.

So -- good. Keep talking, and we'll keep listening.

[Cocoa]

10. NTSB braces for epidemic of small plane crashes

:tinfoilhat:

[Timefortruth]

12. Well it looks like it was a worry before O'Neil's book was released.

But the smear of O'Neil started early.

[Grins]

13. Army Secretary book?

I recall a while ago a report that former Army Secretary Thomas White (an ex-General, and ex-Enron) was also going to write a critical book. White was very critical of Bush on Iraq, and probably hates Rumsfeld.

Anyone know status?