Tuesday, June 1, 2004 |
10:54 - Rosy Palme D'or
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200406\POL20040601a.
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Via Den Beste:
As Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess, two senators may need to revise one of their harshest critiques about the Bush administration's actions in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, especially now that Bush critic Richard Clarke has contradicted one of his own key statements.
It turns out that President Bush and other top members of his administration had nothing to do with the decision to let members of Osama bin Laden's family depart the United States in the days immediately after 9/11, despite the suggestions of Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Charles Schumer of New York.
Clarke, the former White House counter-terrorism official and author of a recent book blasting the Bush administration's handling of intelligence leading up to the terrorist attacks, told The Hill newspaper last week that he gave the go-ahead for two members of the bin Laden family and other Saudi nationals to leave the U.S.
"It didn't get any higher than me," Clarke told The Hill. "I take responsibility for it. I don't think it was a mistake, and I'd do it again."
Since this was the whole premise for Fahrenheit 9/11, I wonder if Michael Moore will issue a sequel with a retraction.
Or if Cannes has any mechanism for revocation of awards.
Or if anyone involved gives the tiniest crap.
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