Richard Clarke, former head of counterterrorism for the National Security Council under Presidents Clinton and Bush, and who famously sounded the alarm about a potential domestic attack from al-Qaeda prior to 9/11, has some strong words for the GOP after watching the propaganda video released by House Republicans last week. In his statement, Clarke calls the video and the Republican response to Gitmo "desperate attempts from a demoralized party to politicize national security and the safety of the American people." His harshest criticism comes at the end, where Clarke compares the video to propaganda material distributed by al-Qaeda:
The difference between these Republican videos and the very terrorist propaganda that seeks to damage our society is negligible. Each attempt to stoke the embers of fear in order to disrupt American life. Just as al Qaeda videos should be viewed as misguided rants from a small group of marginalized radicals, so too should these Republican videos be equally dismissed. As opposed to what the GOP thinks, the American people are not that naïve.
How much would you like to see this guy on a Sunday morning show with Dick Cheney?
Full statement after the jump.
-- A. Serwer
