What do people make of Richard Clarke allowing Bin Ladens to leave on 9/11 [View All]

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WTF???!!!

I just read this and I have to admit I am a little shocked. I would still assume the order came from someone high up to clear the Bin Laden family for departure, but does Richard Clarke's testimony clear the chimp?

I haven't seen any mainstream press pick this up either and it happened May 26.

RAW

http://www.hillnews.com/news/052604/clarke.aspx

Clarke claims responsibility

Ex-counterterrorism czar approved post-9-11 flights for bin Laden family

By Alexander Bolton

Richard Clarke, who served as President Bush’s chief of counterterrorism, has claimed sole responsibility for approving flights of Saudi Arabian citizens, including members of Osama bin Laden’s family, from the United States immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

In an interview with The Hill yesterday, Clarke said, “I take responsibility for it. I don’t think it was a mistake, and I’d do it again.”

Most of the 26 passengers aboard one flight, which departed from the United States on Sept. 20, 2001, were relatives of Osama bin Laden, whom intelligence officials blamed for the attacks almost immediately after they happened.

Clarke’s claim of responsibility is likely to put an end to a brewing political controversy on Capitol Hill over who approved the controversial flights of members of the Saudi elite at a time when the administration was preparing to detain dozens of Muslim-Americans and people with Muslim backgrounds as material witnesses to the attacks.