"We live in times when our opinions swing by the day, sometimes by the hour. I know I'm that way," writes Roger L. Simon:
Reading reports of the Clarke testimony in the blogosphere, I think to myself, well, they've nailed that sleazy hypocrite. Then, a few minutes later, I'm watching the same events on CNN, listening to the talking heads on Larry King, and I'm sure the "terror expert" is going to take down the president for no reason. So reading someone like Imshin, who has to face the reality of these events on the front lines on a daily basis, staying calm and cool, is reassuring.
But speaking of Richard Clarke, I had a small epiphany about him last night. Probably many have thought the same thing but I will offer it anyway because it explains the book and his often contradictory testimony. Clarke is a man who spent his life trying to get terrorists and just when it started to get really interesting, when, mostly because of 9/11, a President finally was ready to get serious about the problem, he (Clarke) was already out of a job (or nearly). The natural "little boy" response is "Hey, what about me!" The rest you are watching on television.
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