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:"None of which," Bergan opines, "was out of the ordinary, except for this: Mylroie became enamored of her theory that Saddam was the mastermind of a vast anti-U.S. terrorist conspiracy in the face of virtually all evidence and expert opinion to the contrary. In what amounts to the discovery of a unified field theory of terrorism, Mylroie believes that Saddam was not only behind the '93 Trade Center attack, but also every anti-American terrorist incident of the past decade, from the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania to the leveling of the federal building in Oklahoma City to September 11 itself. She is, in short, a crackpot, which would not be significant if she were merely advising say, [[Lyndon LaRouche]]. But her neocon friends who went on to run the war in Iraq believed her theories, bringing her on as a consultant at the Pentagon, and they seem to continue to entertain her eccentric belief that Saddam is the fount of the entire shadow war against America."
Sean Aday's ''The Gadflyer'' March 22, 2004, blog entry [http://gadflyer.com/campaign/index.php?Week=200413#132 "Mr. Left Hand, I'd Like You to Meet Mrs. Right Hand"] reveals an even more strange view on the Bush administration's almost schizophrenic handling of Clarke's "revelations":
:"You had to love these back-to-back graphs in today's ''Washington Post'' story about former Terrorism Czar Richard Clarke's claim that President Bush demanded he find a link between the Trade Center attacks and Iraq:
::"On the same broadcast, deputy national security adviser [[Stephen J. Hadley]] said, 'We cannot find evidence that this conversation between Mr. Clarke and the president ever occurred.' In interviews for this story, two people who were present confirmed Clarke's account. They said national security adviser [[Condoleeza Rice]] witnessed the exchange.
:"Rice, in an opinion article published opposite ''The Washington Post'' editorial page today, writes: 'It would have been irresponsible not to ask a question about all possible links, including to Iraq....'
:"So basically the Administration sent Hadley out with [[talking points]] instructing him to call Clarke a liar. But they not only neglected to tell him that Clarke was telling the truth, but that they were already writing Condoleezza Rice's op-ed confirming as much.
:"Either the much vaunted White House communication team is a paper tiger, or they just hung Mr. Hadley out to dry. Either way, despite their attempt at a hatchet job on Clarke, they've really only made him look more credible."
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March 19, 2001: "The President intends to designate Richard A. Clarke to be Chair of the [[President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board]]. Clarke was recently named Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Space Security and was previously the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism on the [[National Security Council]]. Clarke is a member of the Senior Executive Service, having begun his federal service in 1973. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology." [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011019-9.html]
