Josh has questions

Is it likely that "President Bush has the odd misfortune of repeatedly hiring Democratic party stooges for key counter-terrorism assignments who stab him in the back as soon as they leave his employ."

Or does "anyone the president hires in a key counter-terrorism role who is not either a hidebound ideologue or a Bush loyalist gets so disgusted with the mismanagement and/or dishonesty that they eventually quit and then devote themselves to driving the president from office"?

He also notes that either Richard Clarke is not being truthful or that Condi Rice and Steve Hadley aren't and the press should find out who. Based on the African yellow cake story it is likely to be Rice and Hadley who fabricate.

He also agrees with me that "Saying Clarke was out of the loop is less a defense of the administration than an indictment of it."

And the last link I'll give he point's out why to disregard the New York Times article on the Clarke claims, which I did. He points to Slate article going into the Judith Miller history of faulty reporting for Chalabi and Bush.