Richard Clarke, former National Security Adviser, to four presidents had this to say at Clark College in Washington state.
“We don’t need a big army to go after al-Qaida, we don’t need B-2 bombers to go after al-Qaida,” Clarke said. Smart police work and intelligence across the globe have captured most high-ranking al-Qaida agents, while the so-called military solution has provided none, he added. …
He wondered aloud if damage to civil liberties, such as domestic wiretaps, suspension of habeas corpus and vague “enemy combatant” terms could be reversed.
If not, that would be “one of our highest costs” of the Iraq war, he concluded.
[thx Marty K.]