when in fact it was Bush Jr who did nothing but IGNORE terrorism prior to 911?
Richard Clarke was Bush's National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Clarke helped shape U.S. policy on terrorism under Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, and Bush Jr.
Clarke said, "Frankly," I find it outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism. He (((IGNORED))) it. He (((IGNORED))) terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11." "I blame the entire Bush leadership for continuing to work on Cold War issues when they got back in power in 2001. It was as though they were preserved in amber from when they left office eight years earlier. They came back. They wanted to work on the same issues right away: Iraq, Star Wars. Not new issues, the new threats that had developed over the preced
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/19/60minutes/main607356.shtml
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