G. Greenwald is addicted to arguing, isn't he?

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7. On some things...

First of all, I like Richard Clarke. However, Clarke admitted years ago that the intel on Saddam's mobile weapons labs and his WMD production capabilities were non-existant when Colin Powell went to the UN to make the case to the world. Clarke said that he "touched up" the intel. Sorry folks, good intel doesn't need touching up. When Adlai Stevenson went to the UN in 1962 to make the case to the world that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba and were setting up launching systems, he didn't have a cartoon, as Powell did, he had actual photographs of the missiles, the launchers, and the work that was being done to make them read to deploy. That's actual proof of a threat. We were all sold a bill of goods on Iraq, and Clarke was a part of that sale -- even though he knew at the time it wasn't true. That is where I draw the line on Mr. Clarke. He should have resigned right then and there and spoken out about the fraud being perpetrated. I honestly believe that it was his guilt over this fact that made him appear before the Congress and apologize to the American people. The fact that he did this, and that he alone did this, speaks volumes about the state of secrecy in the United States Government.