Burnt Orange Report

Clarke: Rice’s Testimony Affirms his Claims

By Byron LaMasters

Here's what Richard Clarke said on ABC News today:

I think that Dr. Rice's testimony today, and she did a very good job, basically corroborates what I said. She said that the president received 40 warnings face to face from the director of central intelligence that a major al Qaeda attack was going to take place and she admitted that the president did not have a meeting on the subject, did not convene the Cabinet. She admitted that she didn't convene the Cabinet. And as some of the commissioners pointed out, this was in marked contrast to the way the government operated in December of 1999, when it had similar information and it successfully thwarted attacks.

The full transcript with Peter Jennings is available, here.