More evidence supporting Richard Clarke�s claims. The Center for American Progress has a page up documenting the Bush administration�s 2001 reductions in counterterrorism.
In short, Attorney General John Ashcroft dropped counterterrorism as one of the Department of Justice priorities, rejected FBI requests for more counterterrorism resources, and “cut” money for counterterrorism equipment grants.
Greetings,
I will have to look into this, but doesn’t this directly contradict what Condi Rice has said about Bush’s first months in office (as recently as today in an interview)??
–jeff-perado