editorial: the the truth haunts bush
and hasn't it always?«former white house counterterrorism chief richard clarke has blown the whistle on the bush administration's failed response to the threat of terrorism - not just before the 11 september 2001, attacks on the world trade centre and the pentagon [let's remember the third plane...] but also since those devastating assaults.
calmly, coolly and without hesitation, clarke has confirmed the worst fears of americans who believed that this administration was always more concerned about invading the oil-rich nation of iraq than in hunting down osama bin laden and other figures who pose a genuine threat to this country.»
