For those of you unaware, Dick Clarke is former head of counter-terrorism under the Clinton and Bush, Jr. administrations. He's written a book analyzing the failures of both groups - not just Bush as has been widely reported - in dealing with Al-Qaeda.
Unfortunately, I have not yet read the book, but this review is one of the least partisan ones I've read so far. It's really chilling what we don't know. I've often joked - as have others - that the color-coding scheme of terrorist alert is nothing more than a scam to get Bush re-elected. What if it's not just a kernel of truth, but the truth? What does that mean for this country? For Muslims here? For international relations?
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