WORLD BREAKING NEWS/USA.
Bush attacked on terrorism record
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former White House security expert has accused President Bush of doing a
"terrible job" of tackling terrorism.
"Bush ignored terrorism for months." said Richard Clarke.
Richard Clarke said Mr. Bush ignored warnings of the threat from al-Qaeda before the 11 September 2001 attacks. He said the US president later tried to show links between al-Qaeda and Iraq, despite being told none existed. Mr. Clarke said it was "outrageous" Mr. Bush was running for re-election on his record fighting terrorism, when in fact he had "ignored it" before 9/11. "He ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11. Maybe. We'll never know." He also told the US broadcaster CBS that the day after the 11 September attacks, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld called for retaliatory strikes on Iraq, even though al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan. He said he was so taken aback by the comments, he initially thought Mr. Rumsfeld was joking.
Charges denied
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Richard Clarke, United States'
first counterterrorism coordinator and de facto cybersecurity czar,
Richard Clarke, White House officials have denied the charges against the president, saying Mr. Clarke has "got things wrong". They have suggested the allegations may be politically motivated as the US gears up for November's presidential elections. But BBC correspondent Adam Brookes in Washington said Mr. Clarke was a man with a track record and not someone who could be swatted aside easily. He served in every US administration since Reagan, before resigning in February 2003. Later this week the ex-security adviser will go before a special US commission investigating whether the 11 September attacks were preventable. Our correspondent says if Mr. Clarke makes a similar attack on the president at the hearing, it could prove very damaging for the White House. Mr. Clarke helped shape US policy on terrorism under President Reagan and also the first President Bush. He also worked under President Clinton as his "terrorism tsar" and was then retained by the current President Bush. Mr. Clarke's comments came ahead of the publication of his book, Against All Enemies, on Monday.
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