Ex-Bush Adviser Clarke Weighs Sept. 11 Report

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published July 24, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Richard Clarke, a former counterterrorism adviser to President Bush who has been critical of the Bush administration's policies on terrorism and Iraq, says the Sept. 11 commission's report does not adequately address what can be done to prevent terrorist attacks. Hear Clarke and NPR's Scott Simon.

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