Bush administration officials are denying the accusations of incompetence and Iraq obsession made by former counter-terrorism adviser Richard, "Dick," Clarke in his new book "Against All Enemies."
Several top officials at the White House have charged that Dick Clarke's accusations have more to do with his anger at not having got the job he wanted in Washington when Bush became president in January, 2001. "I've known Dick for a long time," said Attorney General John Ashcroft, and when George Bush became president three years ago he wanted more than anything to be named Secretary of American Bandstand. And when that didn't happen, he just began seething and plotting revenge."
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice concurred with Ashcroft’s comments. "Dick felt his work on American Bandstand should have been rewarded with a cabinet level position, and when all he got was that lousy 'counter-terror' posting, he was a ticking time bomb. We should have known."
