Coming from a guy like Clarke, this matters. If Congress, the courts, the international community won't hold members of the Bush administration accountable for their behavior in office, then the responsibility falls on the rest of the country. I think we should expect more statements like this as Bush's final term winds down. To put this in a greater context, check out Sheryl Gay Stolberg's "Bush in the background," which appeared today in the New York Times.

fantastic article, one a a few that speak to the crimes that have been committed in the last 8 yrs.My biggest concern with McCain and his fellow repubs.(some democrats as well) is their failure to speak out regarding war crimes,tampering (justice dept.) habeas corpus,etc. Corageous article ,spot on. Many questions McCain needs to address were posed.

Hey, my hometown paper hits on one! You know this is the largest paper in the country that's never won a Pulitzer, right? Of course, this is a BLOG on the Chron's website, not an article supported by their editorial staff. Figures. So, this is parroting what KO had to say on his program the night before, followed with "Impeachment is what GWB and Cheney deserved at the minimum." Oooooh, brave and earth shaking journalism indeed. I think the Chron is safe from needing the shelf space for that Pulitzer again this year.

Increasingly people are looking towards the end of the Bush administration and wondering, some right out loud, whether anyone is going to pursue the alleged misdeeds committed by or ordered by high administration officials. Richard Clark, former national security adviser, has been an administration critic since leaving his White House post four years ago. His statement on MSNBC last night may be just the beginning of more to come.

It appears that major background information is required and perhaps it is necessary to cite the website of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence website: http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775

If you missed Richard Clarke's 6.5.08 appearance on "Countdown" you can catch it in this post along with comments by the poster.

A good start on what should become a national movement. Still, not allowing The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--Cheney The Despot, Rove The Falsifier, Rumsfeld The Warlord, and Bush The Inferior--into polite society is akin to a slap on the wrist. Surely after eight years in which every major policy and action of this administration has benefitted only special interests and the ultra rich to the extreme detriment of America and Americans, we can come up with something better. How about waterboarding? They seemed to like that. Or the euphemism that's so popular with the Four Horsemen--"extreme interrogation."

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. The author does not consult any sources, only Richard Clarke, who has been thoroughly discredited. The is no historical context. He is ignorant of past wars. He is ignorant about Saddam Hussein.

Obviously I agree with the article and the statement of Richard Clarke. A national consumer boycott of any firms taking on members of the Bush gang as consultants, advisers or Board members should be instituted.

Well done piece. There is substantial sourcing and substantial backgraound to this story. The video makes great backdrop to the story.

it is about time.