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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, a [[Clinton administration]] holdover, was pushed off of the [[National Security Council]] Principals Committee in the [[Bush administration]] after he, along with [[White House]] staffer [[Susan Rice]], overruled [[Secretary of State]] [[Madeline Albright]]'s efforts to capture [[Osama bin Laden]]. As a deputy, Clarke handed up mem9s written by the CIA, "Bin Laden determined to strike in the United States," but when questioned was never able to provide any specifics as to where and when.

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>

Clarke resigned from his post in 2003, resentful of his demotion and loss of daily access to the Principal's Committee and status as a face-to-face advisor of the presidentnhe enjoyed with [[Bill Clinton]].  [[Condoleeza Rice]] helped Clarke save face in the wake of intelligence failures, "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>

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