http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ion/index.html

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"You know, the White House is papering over facts, such as in the weeks
immediately after 9/11, the president signed a national security
directive instructing the Pentagon to prepare for the invasion of Iraq,"
Clarke said. "Even though they knew at the time from me, from the FBI,
from the CIA that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11."

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright