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==Controversies==

==Controversies==

In 2001, Clarke was pushed off of the National Security Council Principals Committee because of his frequent warnings to [[Donald Rumsfeld]] about the threat of an [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist attack,{{fact}} which at that time was dismissed as unimportant.

In 2001, Clarke was pushed off of the [[National Security Council]] Principals Committee because of his frequent warnings to [[Donald Rumsfeld]] about the threat of an [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist attack,{{fact}} which at that time was dismissed as unimportant.

He resigned from his post in 2003, claiming that he was ignored and his credibility attacked by Bush supporters.{{fact}}  <ref>However, as [[Condoleeza Rice]] said concerning 9/11: "I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the [[World Trade Center]], take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile."  <!-- This statement indicates, despite the Liberal Media frequently questioning the Bush Administration's credibility, that the government had no prior warning to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. --></ref>

He resigned from his post in 2003, claiming that he was ignored and his credibility attacked by Bush supporters.{{fact}}  <ref>However, as [[Condoleeza Rice]] said concerning 9/11: "I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the [[World Trade Center]], take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile."  <!-- This statement indicates, despite the Liberal Media frequently questioning the Bush Administration's credibility, that the government had no prior warning to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. --></ref>