Backroom Boy Who Had the President Running Scared: "One way and another, even by the brutal standards of this White House, the [GOP] wrecking operation has been unprecedented.
But the stakes could not be higher. Mr Clarke's central charge - that before 9/11 the administration was so obsessed by Iraq that it took its eye off the al-Qa'ida threat - trumps the most powerful single card in Bush's campaign for re-election."
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