Rice Rejects Calls for Public Testimony: "Sharpening his criticism, former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke said President Clinton (news - web sites) was more aggressive than Bush in trying to confront al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s organization.
'He did something, and President Bush did nothing prior to September 11,' Clarke told NBC's 'Meet the Press.'
'I think they deserve a failing grade for what they did before' Sept. 11, Clarke said of the Bush administration. 'They never got around to doing anything.'
But Rice said the Bush administration regarded terrorism as 'an urgent problem.'
Clarke said a sweeping declassification of documents would prove that the Bush administration neglected the threat of terrorism in the eight months leading up to the attacks. "
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