I don't usually believe in heroes, but you are quickly becoming my hero, Mr. Clarke. Keep kicking ass. America stands with you.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4619346/Richard Clarke, the former chief counterterrorism adviser at the White House, who has criticized the Bush administration’s preparedness for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that he “would welcome” the attempt by leading Republicans to declassify his two-year-old testimony before Congress.
Clarke also said Rice’s private testimony before the commission should be declassified, as well as e-mails, memos and all other correspondence between Rice and Clarke.
“Let’s declassify everything,” Clarke said to NBC's Tim Russert, moderator of the program.
He also accused the administration of waging a “campaign to destroy me professionally and personally,” and called on the White House to “raise the level of discourse.”
Clarke also fired back at the administration by reading Bush’s response to his resignation letter.
Noting it was in the president’s handwriting, Clarke said the letter read that he would “be missed. You served our nation with distinction and honor,” and had “left a positive mark on our government.”
“He thinks I served with distinction and honor,” Clarke said, while “the rest of his staff is out there to destroy me.”