Richard Clarke

White House Spin May Have Had Unintended Consequences

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Underwear Bomb, Aqap, Al-Qaeda, Underwear Bomber, Video, Richard Clarke, Robert Mueller, Reuters, John Brennan, Al Qaeda, Politics News

* Obama adviser touted "inside control" of bomb plot * Leaks forced shutdown of operation By Mark Hosenball ...

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Gerry Smith

Former Government Officials Stand To Profit From Cybersecurity Boom

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Michael Chertoff, Cyberthreat, Video, Booz Allen Hamilton, Richard Clarke, Michael McConnell, Cybersecurity, Cyber Industrial Complex, National Cybersecurity, Cyberattack, Cyberwar, Technology News

As former director of the National Security Agency and former director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell is widely portrayed as an authoritativ...

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Truth Will Set You Free

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Pashtuns, Madrassahs, Nato, U.S.-Pakistan Relations, Saudi Arabia, Richard Clarke, 9/11, Afghanistan, India, Drones, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan War, Bill Maher, World News
Wajid Ali Syed

Even if the U.S. and Pakistan were on the same page on how best to combat terrorism, conflicting and false interpretations of history don't help.

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So You Say You Want A Revolution?

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cliff Schecter

It was only a matter of time before someone would emerge from the shadows to proclaim President Bush was responsible for the sudden flowering of revolution and democratic potential across the Middle East.

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Bush At War

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Richard Clarke, Ronald Reagan, Memoirs, Decision Points, Ron Susskind, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Media, Dick Cheney, Hubris, Condoleezza Rice, Fdr, Self-Portraiture, Blood Money, American Caesars, Philip Roth, The Constitution, Karl Rove, Afghanistan, The Plot Against America, Robert Byrd, Bart Gellman, Al Qaeda, Biography, Lee Atwater, Dwight Eisenhower, Book Royalties, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Jfk, Casualties, The Vulcans, Harrytruman, Books News
Nigel Hamilton

What happens when a great nation -- and this is a great nation -- elects a ruler who is not up to the task of being president? The answer is to be found in George W. Bush's memoirs, Decision Points.

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Cyber War or Cyber Jaw

James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard-Clarke, Internet, Cybarmageddon, Cybersecurity, Howard Schmidt, Cyberwarfare, Microsoft, Books News
James D. Zirin

Are we really in a "Cyber War?" Are unidentified enemies around the world scheming to bring down Western civilization with a single keystroke? Or is the whole thing overblown paranoia?

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Where is the Left on Cybercrime?

Joseph Menn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Identity Theft, Cyberterrorism, Fatal System Error, Cybercrime, Richard Clarke, Books, Cybersecurity, Electronic Identity Theft, Ftc, Books News
Joseph Menn

Electronic identity theft is the greatest consumer protection issue of our time, according to the Federal Trade Commission statistics, and the poor suffer disproportionately.

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'Cyberwar': Richard Clarke On Why The Google Hacking Is A Sign Of Future Threats (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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After news this morning that Google was hacked and that the Chinese government was possibly behind it, the threat of cyber attacks has become more sal...

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Shameless and Disturbing

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cybersecurity, Richard Clarke, Cyber War, Microsoft, Books News
Amitai Etzioni

When it comes to cyber attacks, the bottom line for the public is increased defense. But again and again, private corporations have demonstrated that they have a very different bottom line in mind.

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The FBI Knows More Than You, McConnell

James Lamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Lamond

Some of the most important intelligence that we have received from interrogating terrorism suspects was gained by the FBI

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Kathy Griffin & Richard Clarke's Teeth-Licking Flirtfest On Maher (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Move over Levi Johnston, Kathy Griffin is hot for Richard Clarke! The comedienne made a few unsubtle advances at the global terrorism expert on Bill M...

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Is the Age of Terror Over?

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terror, Terrorism, Age of Terror, Gary Hart, Human Bombs, Richard Clarke, 9/11, Barack Obama, War on Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, World Trade Center, Al Qaeda, World News
Gary Hart

By abandoning the "war on terrorism" paradigm, President Obama has helped us understand that acts of terrorism will continue in parts of the world, and that we must continue to make such acts as difficult as possible here in the United States.

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Cheney, Selling Cheney

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

You can't turn on your TV these days without seeing the former veep with his latest account of what they did back when they were in charge, why they did it and how wonderfully it all worked. What's up with that?

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Richard Clarke Slams Cheney, Rice: "The Trauma Of 9/11 Is No Excuse"

Washington Post | Richard A. Clarke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Richard Clarke, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, 9/11, Iraq, Torture, Richard Clarke and Dick Cheney, Politics News

Top officials from the Bush administration have hit upon a revealing new theme as they retrospectively justify their national security policies. Call ...

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Stop the Presses: Cheney's Re-emergence Is Finally Explained!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Goodman

Nancy Pelosi, this week, accused the CIA of lying. Who, journalists collectively ask, could ever accuse the CIA of lying? Who indeed? Almost anybody, it seems to me.

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Seven and Half Months--Seven and a Half Years

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reese Schonfeld

The slimy bastards of the Bush Administration contributed to the deaths of more Americans at the hands of a foreign power than any President in the history of the United States.

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Once Again, Real Journalism From Comedy Central (VIDEO)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Nickolas

Leave it to Comedy Central -- this time Stephen Colbert -- to do the traditional media's job in exposing the fanatical charlatans like Glenn Beck.

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Why the War Crimes?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Shearer

The reporting that Abu Zubaydah wasn't the feared number 3 of Al-Qaeda, was -- or should be -- the last step in removing the scales from the eyes of all but the Cheney retainers.

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Richard Clarke: Bush Didn't Save Any Lives

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a New York Daily News editorial, former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke harshly criticizes his one-time boss for suggesting he saved Americ...

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Richard Clarke for CIA Director

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

Why is John Brennan, who worked "the dark side" with Dick Cheney over at the CIA in contention for running the CIA but Richard Clarke isn't?

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Clarke: Al Qaeda May Try To Tilt Election To McCain

US News | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Kerry believes that the so-called al Qaeda Halloween videotape released days before the last presidential election in the United States affected ...

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9/11 and the GOP's False Sense of Security

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

Our safety depends on us acting together. And our shared action depends on a basic shared understanding that it is far too soon to claim "never again."

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Seth Colter Walls

Richard Clarke: "Quick Draw John" McCain Wanted War Before Bush Did

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain both held conference calls Wednesday afternoon to hammer each other on national security. McCain's mess...

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Secret "War on Terror" Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

This news will be an embarrassment to the US government, which has persistently denied claims that it operated a secret prison on Diego Garcia.

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Richard Clarke: Charlie Black Should Be Fired (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, ignited a firestorm with his comments that another terrorist attack on the U.S. would create a "big advant...

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