] In a riveting television performance, Mr Clarke called on ] his principal critic and former employer, the national ] security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to release the entire ] record of their emails in the months up to the September ] 11 terror attacks to prove his contention that the White ] House did not then take the threat of al-Qaida seriously. ] ] He also agreed to Republican demands to declassify ] testimony he gave to the Senate two years ago - to ] "prove" there were no inconsistencies. "Let's take all of ] my emails and all the memos I sent to the national ] security adviser and her deputy from January 20 to ] September 11 and let's declassify all of them," Mr Clarke ] told NBC television. [ Calling the bluff. This is Clarke saying "Bring It On." I doubt the administration has anything to gain by exposing the truth here... they've built their entire foundation on mistruths and secrecy. -k] |