More lies from Condi "Mushroom Cloud" Rice

UPDATE: A memo received by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shortly after becoming National Security Advisor in 2001 directly contradicts statements she made to reporters yesterday, RAW STORY has learned.


As BushCo tries to control the damage resulting from Clinton's accusations this weekend, they resort to their usual technique -- lying. ThinkProgress has the proof of another Condi lie in a piece entitled: "Rice falsely claims Clinton administration did not leave a "strategy to fight al Qaeda". Rice boldly said: "I would just suggest that you go back and read the 9/11 commission report" so TP did and... guess what...?

In her interview with the New York Post, Condoleezza Rice claims that the Clinton Administration did not develop a strategy to fight al Qaeda:

The secretary of state also sharply disputed Clinton's claim that he "left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy" for the incoming Bush team during the presidential transition in 2001.

"We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda," Rice responded during the hourlong session.

Here'’s what the 9/11 Commission Report has to say about it:

As the Clinton administration drew to a close, Clarke and his staff developed a policy paper of their own [which] incorporated the CIA'’s new ideas from the Blue Sky memo, and posed several near-term policy options. Clarke and his staff proposed a goal to "“roll back"” al Qaeda over a period of three to five years ...[including] covert aid to the Northern Alliance, covert aid to Uzbekistan, and renewed Predator flights in March 2001. A sentence called for military action to destroy al Qaeda command-and control targets and infrastructure and Taliban military and command assets. The paper also expressed concern about the presence of al Qaeda operatives in the United States.” [p. 197]

Clarke, who also worked for the Bush administration, wrote Condoleezza Rice a memo as soon as the Bush administration took office, stating, "“[W]e urgently need... a Principals level review of the al Qida network."” His request was denied.

UPDATE: Raw Story has the text of the Clarke memo.