RE: virus: Re:Clarke claims responsibility

From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Thu May 27 2004 - 13:40:18 MDT

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    Joe Dees
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    Rather than taking Roemer's partisan commentary upon Clarke at face value,
    I'm accepting Clarke's own self-admission as true. I am accepting the fact
    rather than falling for the politically motivated interpretation. What's
    memeboltic about that? 

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[Blunderov] But you're doing it again. You reject Roemer on the grounds that
he is partisan. You have simply bypassed his arguments which are:
#1
"The request came to me, and I refused to approve it," Clarke testified. "I
suggested that it be routed to the FBI and that the FBI look at the names of
the individuals who were going to be on the passenger manifest and that they
approve it or not. I spoke with the - at the time - No. 2 person in the FBI,
Dale Watson, and asked him to deal with this issue. The FBI then
approved...the flight."
"That's a little different than saying, 'I claim sole responsibility for it
now,'" Roemer said yesterday.
[Blunderov] Apparently there is a contradiction. Whether this is true or not
need not concern us here; the point is you have not addressed this assertion
at all.
#2
"It doesn't seem that Richard Clarke had enough information to clear it,"
Roemer said Monday. 
"I just don't think that the questions are resolved, and we need to dig
deeper," Roemer added. "Clarke sure didn't seem to say that he was the final
decisionmaker. I believe we need to continue to look for some more answers."
[Blunderov] Roemer contends that Clarke's statement is inconsistent. Again
it need not concern us here whether or not this is correct; the point is
that you have not addressed this assertion at all. 
You have simply rejected Roemer on the grounds that he is partisan. Is it
possible that Clarke himself might be partisan?
What was it that prevented you from entertaining this possibility?
Best Regards
 
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