The Tell-All Tradition

Newsweek, March, 2004 by Jonathan Darman

The publication of "Against all Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror"--the new tell-all memoir by Richard A. Clarke--has the White House on the defensive this week. In the book, Clarke, a top counterterrorism official held over from the Clinton years, charges that the Bush administration ignored clear warnings about the Al Qaeda threat prior to the September 11 attacks. In the eyes of some, the book calls the president's leadership in the war on terror into question. Indeed, the criticism was strong enough for the Bush White House--which prides itself on "not doing book reviews"--to come after Clarke, hard. At best, White House officials are saying, Clarke's book paints an inaccurate portrait of the Bush presidency. At worst, some are implying, it puts America's national...

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