Fred Kaplan's got a great
article in Slate summing up Clarke's 9/11 Commission testimony.
Richard Clarke KOs the Bushies
I'm so thrilled that somebody...ANYBODY...was finally willing to get up and say that the government of the US f--ked up on 9/11. That the Bushies have not done so prevents serious analysis of what went wrong.
My view is that they know EXACTLY what they would have done to a President Gore (i.e. "How could you let this horrible thing happen on your watch...you have the blood of 3000 on your hands....etc...). So they refuse to admit there was anything they could have done for fear that they will undergo the same attacks they would have doubtless unleashed upon any Democratic president under whose administration an attack like 9/11 would have occurred.
I'm cautiously optimistic that Clarke's charges might stick to Mr. Teflon.