The right wing attack is clear.

[slater71]

Boortz, Hannity,and Limbag are all saying that Clarke was just a cyber terrorist expert and that`s all he knew. But if you saw 60 Minutes last night, they said he was demoted to that job. The three stooges are trying to make it sound like he was a cyber terrorist expert his whole career and does not know anything about real terrorism and should not be believed. Clarke stuck it to them good.

[displacedtexan]

1. How old is the word 'cyber?'

Duh.

This actually proves the WH didn't care about terrorism: they took away the cabinet level post (Clarke's counter-terrorism seat).

[Mistress Quickly]

2. It wasn't a cabinet level seat

there are 15 cabinet level positions (with the Homeland Security, only 14 before that), and 6 cabinet ranks for Bush, and Clinton had 12 cabinet ranks.

Here are Clinton's 2nd term:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101275.html

Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, 1993
Madeleine Albright, 1996

Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen, 1993
Robert E. Rubin, 1995–1999
Lawrence H. Summers, 1999

Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, 1993
William J. Perry, 1994
William S. Cohen, 1997

Attorney General Janet Reno, 1993

Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, 1993

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, 1993
Dan Glickman, 1995

Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, 1993
Mickey Kantor, 1996
William M. Daley, 1997
Norman Y. Mineta, 2000

Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, 1993
Alexis Herman, 1997

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala, 1993

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry G. Cisneros, 1993
Andrew M. Cuomo, 1997

Secretary of Transportation Federico F. Pena, 1993
Rodney Slater, 1997

Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary, 1993
Frederico F. Pena, 1997
Bill Richardson, 1998

Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, 1993

Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Jesse Brown, 1993
Togo D. West, Jr., 1998

[Bandit]

10. It came about after Gore invented the internet.

:evilgrin:

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. If he was such an underling then why......................

would he have met personally with bush when asked to find the link between Saddam and the WTC attack? Lesley Stahl said CBS verified that meeting with two other people and one was a witness.
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP

[Malva Zebrina]

4. yes they are all out in droves attacking Clark

-- like roaches coming out from the baseboards at night. They are really scrambling--

Are there any refutations of any facts he presented? Except to say he did not present any facts, like Lieberman said.

[plcdude]

5. One problem

with their discounting of Clark see http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,333835,00.html

[RamboLiberal]

6. Clarke claims he asked to be reassigned to that job

Because he was so disgusted by the * administration not paying attention. He said Condi and Hadley were surprised he asked for that job. He was due to start it 10/1/01.

[Manix]

7. ..consider the source......this is what hacks do.

[LunaC]

8. No denials, only more false accusations

The same old, same old dog and pony show is wearing thin. Even a moran should be able to see it.

[maxsolomon]

9. ad hominem - classic

they got nothing.

in debate, they'd already have lost.