1.0 link 156267 <![CDATA[Richard Clarke: Bush Didn't Save Any Lives]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/richard-clarke-bush-didnt_n_156267.html In a New York Daily News editorial, former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke harshly criticizes his one-time boss for suggesting he saved American lives during his presidency. The idea that President Bush kept us safe (a cornerstone of his current legacy tour) is just "Karl Rove spin," Clarke writes.

There wasn't a second 9/11? That's obviously true, but it misses the point. First, we must remember that Al Qaeda terrorists are patient, deliberate planners who often wait years between strikes....
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