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Summary: Essential Reading
Review: I learned a lot from this book, and you will too. I've also noticed that I pick up more of what's going on in the news; For instance, I'm more alert to reports from Pakistan, which I would've previously ignored.Clarke does a good job of describing people, agencies, and policies, including both their strengths and weaknesses. Some especially gripping reading includes the story of how the Clinton administration stopped a nest of Y2K attacks by al Qaeda from ever occurring. I read the whole book in four days, reading parts outloud to friends both via phone and in-person.
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Summary: Tragedy and Politicians Lies
Review: I wonder what it takes to make some people believe that Bush administration dropped the ball and then cost lives of our soldiers in Iraq. Does he have to be seen dining with Osama? Good book and scary too. Shows you how ignorant the administration was and how 100's of billions of dollars were waster in Iraq while we could have made major gains if we concentrated our efforts in actual fighting terrorism. Bush, you have blood on your hands.
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Summary: an american hero
Review: I have read only excerpts thus far. But Clark lets his word show that he is a man faithful and honorable in his service to his country. He cannot turn time back before 9-11 but he wishes us to know how and why it happened.
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Summary: Surprise, Surprise! Bush and his administration are corrupt!
Review: Well, what do you know, George Bush Jr. is corrupt! This book is really fascinating but the evidence presented should come as no surprise to anyone. George Bush Jr. is the most corrupt and dishonest president the United States has ever had. Period. This book presents more hard evidence proving what any American (who has been paying attention) should already have realized. Americans have lived with this criminal president for long enough to know what he and his administration are all about...deception. Mr. Clarke is above reproach and has secured his place in history as the man who finally brought America to its' senses. Bush is a liar and and will continue to lie to America until he is forced out of the White House.
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Summary: Counterterrorism expert credible.
Review: If anyone is in a position to know what really happened in the summer of 2001, it is this man. He has the experience, the expertise, and insider knowledge, and the credibility to speak to the failure of the Bush administration to prevent 9/11. This book is a watershed event in politics. It's a before and after. What we knew before, what we knew after. Also, the attempted crucification of Clarke by the Bush administration signals that they believe him to be an imminent threat to their continued existence. Here's a 30-year civil servant who served four presidents, three of whom were Republicans. He was good at his job, and he knows where all the bodies are buried. "Shake the trees" and "hair on fire" will be as ubiquitous as the Macarena by the time this episode concludes.
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Summary: A storm in the White House, will more people follow?
Review: After reading this book, i cant help but think Clark wont be the last to come forward and speak out about the Bush team. This admin is just damm scary. I felt the book let us peek into the walls and see what one persons view of the mess thats growing as i write this review. I feel Clark is not done, i think we will see another book. Thank you Mr Clark!
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Summary: Yes it was a conspiracy and now we know!,
Review: "George W. Bush is a liar. He has lied large and small, directly and by omission. He has mugged the truth-not merely in honest error, but deliberately, consistently, and repeatedly," David Corn; Washington editor for the Nation. "All American presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has relentlessly abused the truth. In this scathing indictment of the president and his inner circle, Clarke, reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. In a stunning work Clarke details and substantiates the many times the Bush administration has knowingly and intentionally misled the American public to advance its own interests and agenda, including: * Brazenly mischaracterizing intelligence and resorting to deceptive arguments to whip up public support for war with Iraq.
* Misrepresenting the provisions and effects of the president's supersized tax cuts * Offering misleading explanations- instead of telling the full truth - about the 9/11 attacks
* Lying about connections to corporate crooks * Presenting deceptive and disingenuous claims to sell controversial policies on the environment, stem cell research, missile defense, Social Security, white-collar crime, abortion, energy, and other crucial issues
* Running a truth-defying, down-and-dirty campaign during the 2000 presidential contest and recount drama * Presidential 'photo ops' like landing on a carrier, and saying 'I support our troops,' when in fact this administration has cut pay and allowances for service men and combatant soldiers. This president has not gone to a 'single' soldiers funeral and has cut substantial operating funds from the Veterans Administration. This book is not a partisan whine-it is instead a carefully constructed, fact-based account that clearly denotes how Bush has relied on deception-from the campaign trail to the Oval Office-to win political and policy battles BY ANY MEANS!" If you like conspiracy books Here are a few. Having read the TOP books in the Government Cover-up Genre; "Unconventional Flying Objects" (NASA UFO Investigator for 30 years) by the scientist Dr. Paul Hill; my FAVORITE is "Alien Rapture" by Brad Steiger and Edgar Fouche (Top Secret Black Programs Insider) - (Great fiction-soon to be a movie); "Alien Agenda" by the best selling author of 'Crossfire' Jim Marrs (Best reference on UFOlogy); and "The Day After Roswell," by Colonel Corso - I'd say these books are a MUST READ also!
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Summary: Surprised!
Review: I think this is a great book and I am surprised by other reviews on Amazon who instead of providing a critical review just try to potray Clarke as a greedy author.
It doesn't get better than this where you have a person who has worked in the White House for 25 years writes a bi-partisan account of what went wrong. He has criticized Clinton as well but clearly explains how Bush administration neglected terrorism before 9/11 & beyond. Its true as its obvious from the White House response to the book where they keep on making personal attacks on Clarke but they don't answer the questions raised by him. Mr. Clarke has promised substantial amounts to go to 9/11 families and I think its a good thing. Therefore, I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in politics regardless of party affiliation. I am a registered republican myself.
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Summary: Now I know why Clarke is being attacked
Review: I didn't expect to get such a clear history of al Qaeda. For the first time, I understand what feeds these violent minds and what we need to do to cut off their ideological air supply. This alone is well worth the price of the book. But that first chapter! It really does read like a suspense novel - and it's true. (...) I think that's what makes this book so scary to the White House: again and again he names _so_ many people who were in the room with him that you begin to realize that if he's lying, then one of these scores of people will step forward and say, "Yes, I was there - and this never happened". But I notice that the only ones who have called him a liar are the ideologues in the press. Personally, rather than guessing whether Clarke is a Democrat or Republican, I care most about the case that he puts forward. He says that by the bait-and-switch that was pulled on the American public (we couldn't get bin Laden, so let's get Saddam), this administration has destroyed all the good will and national unity that was ours in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. And more seriously, it has frittered lives and untold billions that might better have been saved for the real battle: al Qaeda. It's a shame that some people are focusing on the fact that Clarke wrote this book in an election year. Of course he did: it's clear that he doesn't believe Bush deserves to be re-elected. Do we have to remind ourselves that the best thing about our democracy is that people can, and should, lay out their case for a president's election or defeat - in an honest, public way? We're fortunate that our nation's head anti-terrorist has the guts to do exactly that.
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Summary: richard clarke, angry patriot
Review: I, for one, am glad to see this book at the top of Amazon's bestseller list. Sure, Clarke is getting payback for feeling patronized by an Administration that he believes had its priorities backwards. He is that kind of guy. But that is not a sufficient reason to discount his testimony, and those who actually read it will be getting a fascinating historical look at our government's first modern encounter with organized terror. The details are weak in some areas, mainly because this is very much a first-person account and Clarke did not have access to the motivations of his superiors. What details he does give are penetrating, informed as they are by his analyst's perspective of discarding preconceptions about the truth in favor of actual observation. This is, in fact, the core of his repeated criticism of not just the current Administration, but with the FBI and CIA as well - that they were all so caught up in their own blindered vision of reality that they were (and are still) unable to effectively respond to the real terrorist threats our country faces. Clarke is a ferocious patriot, this much is obvious from the first few pages. He is also really pissed off, and it is well worth reading to find out why.
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