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Article: Clarke's tales of terror: former terrorism czar Richard Clarke was slapped by the White House and gay-baited by bloggers after he spoke out against Bush's rush to war. Now Clarke tells why hounding gays in government is passe.(POLITICS)(George W. Bush)(Interview)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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- March 13, 2007
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Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke has spent much of his life talking about real-life terror. Now he is talking about it through fiction. Breakpoint, his second novel in two years, is a cyberterrorism thriller set in 2012.
An adviser to four presidents, Clarke left the White House in 2003, a year before he made news by charging that President Bush had demanded he find a way to link Iraqi president Saddam Hussein with the al Qaeda attacks. His nonfiction best seller Against All Enemies also blasted the Clinton and Bush administrations for lax security policies, and the White House fought back with all manner of personal smears. Washington insider Wonkette ...