White House launched a full-scale assault its former terrorism chief

The White House launched a full-scale assault on its former terrorism czar, Richard A. Clarke, yesterday, questioning his credibility and dismissing his accusations that senior Bush officials could have done more to prevent the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"He wasn't in the loop, frankly," Vice President Dick Cheney said of Clarke on conservative Rush Limbaugh's national radio show.

el - He was their counter-terrorism head. If he wasn't in the loop what does this say about what they thought about terrorism?