The New York Times has identified three people who confirm Dick Clarke’s account of President Bush asking him to look into any potential Iraqi involvement in 9/11. But two of them disagree with Clarke’s key contention that Bush was “intimidating” when he made this request. Former Clarke aide Roger Cressey says of the alleged intimidating tone, “I’m not going to get into that. That is Dick’s characterization.” Also according to the Times: “In addition to Mr. Cressey, at least two other former officials with knowledge of what occurred in the Situation Room that day also backed up the thrust of Mr. Clarke’s account, though one of the two challenged Mr. Clarke’s assertion that Mr. Bush’s demeanor and that of other senior White House officials was intimidating.” Why didn’t 60 Minutes include this information in its report Sunday? Was it because its reporting was lacking, or because it was inconvenient?

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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