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Good thing Clarke isn't coming forth out of any political motivation.

Clarke Is Star of New Anti-Bush Campaign Ad
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
March 25, 2004

(CNSNews.com) - Richard Clarke's Bush-bashing comments will serve as fodder for a new Bush-bashing campaign ad.

MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group, said it will use Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission as the basis for a new television ad that will begin airing nationwide next week -- initially on CNN, MoveOn.org said in a press release.

"Evidence unearthed by Mr. Clarke confirms other reports that the president downgraded counter-terrorism efforts in the months preceding 9/11 despite clear warnings," said Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn.org's political action committee.

"President Bush should not be running campaign ads boasting of his 9/11 role now that we have seen mounting evidence that he dropped the ball -- a clear failure of leadership in the months leading up to al Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Center," Pariser said.

In a press release, MoveOn.org said, "Images from Bush's campaign commercial exploiting 9/11" appear throughout the new ad, which ends with the tag line, "George Bush, a failure in leadership."
In testimony before the 9/11 commission on Wednesday, Clarke, a former White House counterterrorism chief, said counterterrorism was not a priority of the Bush administration. He said the Bush White House could have done more to prevent the 9/11 terror attacks.

The White House and other Bush defenders have released documents and transcripts that cast serious doubt on Clarke's credibility, but many Democrats -- including MoveOn.org -- are taking Clarke at his (latest) word.

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