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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice warned of the threat posed by al-Qaida kingpin Osama bin Laden a full year before Clinton terrorism czar Richard Clarke claimed she expressed ignorance of the term al-Qaida.

In his book "Against All Enemies," Clarke paints Rice as someone who cared little and knew less about the terrorist threat, saying that when he briefed her on al-Qaida in January 2001, "her facial expression gave me the impression that she had never heard the term before."

Turns out Clarke was 100 percent wrong, as an audio clip unearthed by Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity and aired on "Hannity & Colmes" last night shows.

During an interview on Detroit radio station WJR the year before the Clarke briefing, Rice mentioned bin Laden by name, then recommended: "You really have to get the intelligence agencies better organized to deal with the terrorist threat to the United States itself. One of the problems that we have is a kind of split responsibility, of course, between the CIA and foreign intelligence and the FBI and domestic intelligence."

Then, in a chillingly prescient comment, Rice named bin Laden a second time, warning, "There needs to be better cooperation because we don't want to wake up one day and find out that Osama bin Laden has been successful on our own territory."

Undoubtedly Mr. Clarke will be making his apologies to Dr. Rice when he testifies this afternoon before the 9/11 Commission.

Source: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/24/120740.shtml

Just thouight I'd be like red arrow for once and post a news article... although this one is actually relevant to something :P

Hey Raysia, if you're going to slander someone, you might want to get the quote right--Clarke never said that Rice didn't know about Bin Laden; he said that when he mentioned Bin Laden to her in the briefing before she became NSA if memeory serves, she acted as if she had never heard of him before. Small difference, I know, but important, because Clarke is being accused her of making an error of fact, when perhaps it was an error of perception.

And regardless, it's becoming increasingly apparent that whether or not Rice knew about Bin Laden, she didn't exactly go after him full-force before 9-11.

Rice is a transparent liar--just like her boss

Rice is a transparent liar--just like her bossAnd "Liar" is just about the only word in your limited vocabulary... that, and "Bush"...

I dare you to name 3 people in the Bush Administration, besides Bush, without looking it up on the internet. Knowing you, I seriously doubt you could do it.

Rice is a transparent liar--just like her bossAnd "Liar" is just about the only word in your limited vocabulary... that, and "Bush"...

I dare you to name 3 people in the Bush Administration, besides Bush, without looking it up on the internet. Knowing you, I seriously doubt you could do it.I can do it--you want me to do it? I call them liars as well.

Its funny that all the conservatives now call Clarke a "liar"...
when Bush called him a "credit to the nation".

Of course...If you had Cheney head up a anti-terrorism comittee that NEVER MET...you'd be quick to start throwing mud too.
thats what conservatives do when they know they are wrong.

Rice is a transparent liar--just like her bossAnd "Liar" is just about the only word in your limited vocabulary... that, and "Bush"...

I dare you to name 3 people in the Bush Administration, besides Bush, without looking it up on the internet. Knowing you, I seriously doubt you could do it.I can do it--you want me to do it? I call them liars as well.i'm talking to the red arrow... the guy seems kinda vacant outside of his mad copy-and-pasting skills :)

Its funny that all the conservatives now call Clarke a "liar"...
when Bush called him a "credit to the nation".

Of course...If you had Cheney head up a anti-terrorism comittee that NEVER MET...you'd be quick to start throwing mud too.
thats what conservatives do when they know they are wrong.You notice none of them have contradicted Clarke on any point of fact--they have only questioned his motivations.

Its funny that all the conservatives now call Clarke a "liar"...
when Bush called him a "credit to the nation".

Of course...If you had Cheney head up a anti-terrorism comittee that NEVER MET...you'd be quick to start throwing mud too.
thats what conservatives do when they know they are wrong.You notice none of them have contradicted Clarke on any point of fact--they have only questioned his motivations.

I could care less about his motivations personally..so long as his facts are straight.

Its funny that all the conservatives now call Clarke a "liar"...
when Bush called him a "credit to the nation".

Of course...If you had Cheney head up a anti-terrorism comittee that NEVER MET...you'd be quick to start throwing mud too.
thats what conservatives do when they know they are wrong.You notice none of them have contradicted Clarke on any point of fact--they have only questioned his motivations.

I could care less about his motivations personally..so long as his facts are straight.

And if Rice is so convinced of her position, why is she so resistant to testifying under oath?

And if Rice is so convinced of her position, why is she so resistant to testifying under oath?

I've just read in the paper that Bush & Co. have bowed into pressure to get her to testify. According to the Metro, they've done a complete U-turn providing that 'it would set no precedent'.

And if Rice is so convinced of her position, why is she so resistant to testifying under oath?

I've just read in the paper that Bush & Co. have bowed into pressure to get her to testify. According to the Metro, they've done a complete U-turn providing that 'it would set no precedent'.Well, again, they pretty much had to relent--their own party was giving them shit about it on national tv, saying that it was a bad political move to not let her testify. The Republican pundits who are saying that seem to think that Rice will somehow bail the administration out with what she's going to say--I wonder what they'll do if she flops, like I expect she will?