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Was Richard Clarke a Disgruntled Employee?

The America's Intelligence Wire

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(From Fox News Channel)

Byline: Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes

HANNITY: And still to come tonight, did Senator Kerry abandon our troops in Iraq? Well, some of his own words may be coming back to haunt him. We're going to hear from both sides. We'll play you some of the Kerry tape.

But first, Richard Clarke's new book makes some very serious allegations about President Bush and his handling of the war on terror and the war in Iraq.

Last night on "60 Minutes" Clarke said that President Bush had personally pressured him to find a link between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RICHARD CLARKE, FORMER BUSH ADVISER: He never said make it up, but the entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said Iraq did this.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HANNITY: But is Clarke telling the whole story or does he have a rather selective memory?

Joining us now is the deputy national security adviser, Jim Wilkinson. Jim, let me point out one thing, he even acknowledges all the president asked was, look to see if there is a link here. It seems like a reasonable question, and he admits the president said never to make it up.

JIM WILKINSON, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: He does acknowledge that. But I think your viewers tonight would be a little upset and alarmed if the president…

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