The editors at the National Review are B. S. artists:

In an editorial that claims the CIA is practically run by liberals, we read: (emp add)

... the CIA used its funding clout to underwrite Bush’s opponents. From 2001 through 2004, the agency’s Counterterrorism Center provided more than $15 million for various studies led by former Clinton officials (such as Richard Clarke) and Bush critics (such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace).

Here is the biography of Richard Clarke: (emp add)

Richard A. Clarke (born 1951) provided national security advice to four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, consulting on issues of intelligence and terrorism, from 1973 to 2003. Clarke's specialties are computer security, counterterrorism and homeland security. He was the counter-terrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council when the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred.

Starting in 1985, Clarke served in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. During the presidential administration of George H.W. Bush, he coordinated diplomatic efforts to support the 1990-1991 Gulf War and the subsequent security arrangements. He also advised Madeleine Albright during the Rwanda crisis. His positions inside the government have included:

• United States National Security Council, 1992-2003
  • Special Advisor 2001-2003
  • National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, 1998-2000
  • Chair of the Counter-terrorism Security Group, 1992-2003
• United States Department of State 1985-1992
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, 1989-1992
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence, 1985-1988

Richard Clarke is not a "former Clinton official" - in the commonly understood meaning of that expression. The National Review is tossing B. S. right in your face.

(Thanks to Digby for pointing this editorial out.)


posted by Quiddity at 5/08/2006 11:09:00 PM