[mburbank]

Clarke lied to the same degree and lesser degrees about the raw war as every other member of this administration from W on down. He has in fact outright lied not at all, maintaining denaibility, leaving things out, pretty much the way Condi rice, Wolfwowitz and Rumsfeld have.

W and Cheney have told outright lies on the same subject.

If what you mean is that everyone who has worked for the Bush administration is so tainted that not a single word they say can be held credible, I'm fine with inlcuding Clarke in that statement.

I think we should put ALL of them under oath in public and declassify their statements prior to this point, because unfortunately, skirting the truth in press briefings and even lieing in the state of the union adress are not crimes.