Richard Clarke refutes Cheney's assertions

Dear Dr. Clarke.
Thank you for your insiders view of the White House during the 9/11 crisis. Since you were present in the WH then, your opinion is extremely important as Dick Cheney and Condi Rice continue to try to rewrite history and shed any blame for what was obviously their mistake on 9/11. It’s always been my strong belief that Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz and other Neo Cons in the Bush administration came into power locked in to the idea of invading Iraq. Sept. 11, 2001 gave them the unfortunate “justification” to do just that. And in the process they let USB go in Tora Bora because they couldn’t or wouldn’t allow the ground troops necessary to do the job properly. Meanwhile, over 7 years and more than 4000 soldiers lives later we’re still locked into an indefinite future in Iraq. And for what? Nothing in my opinion.

I hope that you will continue to counter Dick Cheney’s absurd assertions that HE made America safer by torturing, spying illegally, and basically wiping his feet on the Constitution. He has no idea how much damage he has done to our standing in the world. And it’s up to all of us — you and me — to continue to speak out and tell the truth so that history will know.

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Brian Blank