Clarke is the only person who has said, flatly, bluntly and under oath:

"I screwed up. We screwed up. I'm sorry."

Everyone, top to bottom, in the Bush administration is saying "Not my fault!, Nothing we could have done! Nope! No way it could ahve been averted! We did everything right! It just sucks that way!"

This, more than anything I have heard, makes me prone to believe what Mr. Clarke has to say, and to trust him more than all the "not me" blabbers I hear.

Interestingly, despite all of his character flaws, Clinton has said publically that he should have done more to halt Al Qaeda.

Bush? His administration? None.

This administration, by the way, seems to only be capable of saying: "NOT ME! NOT MY FAULT!" to everything. I'm getting sick of it....

/end tirade

Davin L.