Allegedly, Richard Clarke is in the process of publishing a book which will purportedly reveal some interesting insight on the lead-up to 9/11:
Well next month we have yet another book to digest — from the inside of the Bush White House. Richard Clarke, the former NSC counterterrorism expert from Bush I, Clinton and 2 years plus of Bush II is publishing his insider book that takes no prisnors. Word is that Rove is very afraid of what Clarke has to say — particularly because Clarke was the August 6 2001 briefer of Bush, and there is a good deal about how he got told never to raise such matters again with Bush. Book will get big play. Richard Clarke knows where all the bodies are buried.
I don’t know exactly what was discussed in the 6 August 2001 briefing, but I know it included more than vague chatter about al Qaeda liking airplanes.
In a recent interview, Sidney Blumenthal provided a hint as to what Clarke might disclose:
Richard Clarke was Director of Counter-Terrorism in the national Security Council. He has since left. Clark urgently tried to draw the attention of the Bush administration to the threat of al Qaeda. Right at the present, the Bush administration is trying to withhold documents from the 9/11 bipartisan commission. I believe one of the things that they do not want to be known is what happened on August 6, 2001. It was on that day that George W. Bush received his last, and one of the few, briefings on terrorism. I believe he told Richard Clarke that he didn�t want to be briefed on this again, even though Clarke was panicked about the alarms he was hearing regarding potential attacks. Bush was blithe, indifferent, ultimately irresponsible. The public has a right to know what happened on August 6, what Bush did, what Condi Rice did, what all the rest of them did, and what Richard Clarke�s memos and statements were. Then the public will be able to judge exactly what this presidency has done.
Bush? Indifferent to national concerns? Where have we heard that before, Paul O’Neill?
Sooner or later, interesting Bush White House secrets are bound to come out. Let’s hope they make it out before November.